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Thubten Gyatso, born in 1876 in Samye, was a male politician and writer who held the position of Dalai Lama. He was a citizen of the Tibet Autonomous Region and practiced Tibetan Buddhism within the Gelug religious order, specifically associated with the Rimé movement. His native name is ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ, and he spoke, wrote, or signed in Tibetan.
He died of pneumonia at the Potala Palace on December 17, 1933, due to natural causes. Gyatso was a student of Agvan Dorzhiev and taught several individuals, including Ngawang Sungrab Thutob, Thubten Lungtog Tenzin Trinley, Thubten Choekyi Nyima, the 9th Panchen Lama, and Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen.
As an author, he produced nine works. Notable titles include *Rgyal dbang bcu gsum pa Thub-bstan-rgya-mtshoʼi rnam thar bzhugs so*, *From Tibet confidentially*, *The collected works of Dalai Lama XIII*, *Path of the Bodhisattva warrior*, and *Thigle shijin*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1876
- Died
- 1933
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Rgyal dbang bcu gsum pa Thub-bstan-rgya-mtshoʼi rnam thar bzhugs so
- Chu spre Gnas-chung chos rgyal chen poʼi bkaʼ lung dgongs don Bod-ljongs ser skya spyi yis spyi zhus zhabs brtan sgrub byaʼi zhu lan sgrags ma don snying tshil rul gso baʼi sman mchog sgrib med gcer mthong lha yi bdud rtsi gsar pa zhes bya ba bzhugs so
- From Tibet confidentially
- The collected works of Dalai Lama XIII
- Dpal-ldan Lha-mo daṅ Sku-lṅa, Rdo-rje-grags-ldan bcas kyi thugs dam bskaṅ ba daṅ dgyes pa skyed par byed paʼi cho ga gsol mchod mdor bsdus tiṅ ʼdzin lha yi rol gar dṅos grub kun gyi gter gyur ces bya ba bźugs so
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gyatso
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Place of birth
- Samye
- Place of death
- Potala Palace
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Dalai Lama
- Languages spoken
- Tibetan
- Religion
- Rimé movement
- Image
- 13th Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso.jpg
- Religious order
- Gelug
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- Commons category
- Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama
- date of birth
- 1876-02-12
- date of death
- 1933-01-01
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ
- cause of death
- pneumonia
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Encyclopedic overview
The 13th Dalai Lama (born Thubten Gyatso; full spiritual name: Ngawang Lobsang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal; Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: Thub Bstan Rgya Mtsho) (12 February 1876 – 17 December 1933) was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet enthroned during a turbulent modern era. He presided during the collapse of the Qing dynasty, and is referred to as "the Great Thirteenth", responsible for redeclaring Tibet's national independence, and for his national reform and modernization initiatives.
In 1878, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. He was escorted to Lhasa and given his pre-novice vows by the Panchen Lama, Tenpai Wangchuk, and given the name "Ngawang Lobsang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal". In 1879, he was enthroned at the Potala Palace, but did not assume political power until 1895, after he had reached his maturity.
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