TIBETAN PROPER NAME INDEX

Tibetan Proper Name Index

by Dan Martin 

1983‑2023

©

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• This very same web address used to belonged to an incomplete version of TPNI that remained posted here without substantial changes for about five years. You may read a brief announcement at Tibeto-logic blog site at the address linked here: 

https://tibeto-logic.blogspot.com/2018/09/tibetan-proper-name-index.html

The need for it:  This work is intended to be used by all who find it useful. Please scroll down below and have a look at it.  I doubt it will be of very much use to people who are not Tibet specialists, since it presumes and often requires familiarity with the Tibetan language.  (It would certainly be much easier for Tibetan‑speakers to use if it were in Tibetan letters, and perhaps a Tibetan‑letter version could be made in the future.)  Some people may have a brief look at it and see little more than clumps of letters and numbers, and think 'Why is such a thing even necessary?'  

Well, if you only knew how many times Tibetan proper names have been translated into meaningful words of the sentence, resulting in the most amazingly inventive and outrageous statements. Clearly Tibetanists need to understand proper names better, and they require a resource that can help them in identifying and then locating them in time and space. Nowadays when such tasks are increasingly, if far too prematurely, being turned over to robotic entities, the need is even more pressing.

What it is:  What is this then, exactly?  It is basically a sourcework for Tibetan onomastics and toponymy.  It isn't exactly a prosopography, although I think it may edge close to being one, as it does in truth, but only in some degree, include names of 'ordinary people,' people who are not so prominent in the historical records.

I first began entering this into the computer in 1994, initially, back in the early 1980's, on the basis of notes written mostly by hand, sometimes typed, on alphabetically sorted index cards.  This has been over 40 years in the making.  Its making at every phase was my own work alone, and not the work of a committee or a group project, neither was it funded by any funding agency. 

The version in front of you is likely to be the final version, so future updates are unlikely. Of course very minor corrections may still be introduced, but the information will remain the same.

I ask that it not be distributed or referred to under any title or compiler than "Tibetan Proper Name Index" (TPNI is the suggested acronym, even if, and even especially if, this might cause it to be confused with Third Party Non‑violent Intervention, while "TibProp" is also proper to use in the internet environment) and Dan Martin.  This work should remain free and freely available.  It is intended to include place names and personal names from all periods of Tibetan literature from the 7th century to the present, although it is true that the 7th through 10th centuries and the late-20th-to-21st century are not as well represented here as they could and anyway should be.  It was not my intention to include any living persons, although there are some exceptions. 

• If you want to add any changes or additions of your own to this file,* I recommend that you clearly mark it with a personal symbol to avoid later confusion.  I suggest attaching bulletted initials [•PHC, for example] or some other unusual combination of characters; and you might also want to use letters of a different color, although not necessarily recommended as there is some danger of the color getting lost.

(*Simply cut and paste the content of this website into any word processing file you prefer, that way you can work offline and edit it.)

Abbreviated references:  A "Key to Abbreviated Bibliographical References," supplying the complete references to the works indexed wholly or in part herein, may be found here, listed in a separate file.  

Transcription:  This work makes use of the Wylie transcription system, without dashes.  I do believe in using dashes (generally following the Library of Congress system), but worked very hard to remove them with the idea they might impede computer searches (but this work was unnecessary, actually, since internet searches are not in the least impeded by dashes or their absence).  Add dashes before every Tibetan syllable (of a proper name) that contains no capitalized letter.  (Following Library of Congress practice, given names ought to be dashed all the way through regardless of their length — examples:  Tsong‑kha‑pa Blo‑bzang‑grags‑pa.  Blo‑bzang‑chos‑kyi‑seng‑ge.)

Entries:  I agree that, ideally, each individual place or person ought to be limited to a single entry, although there may be a number of referals to it from other entries.  I did strive to achieve this ideal, although I am afraid some double entries do remain and the work of locating and removing them will be one task of future students.

I had originally placed clan/locale/title/epithet specifiers in parentheses before the main entry given names (I call them 'specifiers' because they make more clear which Seng‑ge‑rgyal‑mtshan or which Chos‑kyi‑blo‑gros or which Chos‑'khor‑gling is intended).  But I removed these parentheses in the entry headers in order to make computer searching more efficient. These specifiers (except for the ones that are not all that specific, like Bla‑ma, Mkhas‑pa, Dge‑bshes and the like) are generally supposed to be cross-referenced, but I became less diligent about doing this as time went by.  (Computer searches will locate things regardless of old style cross‑referencing.)  Dates, whether 'exact' or approximate, whenever available are supplied immediately after the main‑entry given names in parentheses (all dates are CE unless otherwise specified).  Most dates are likely to vary by one year or so, except in those rare instances in which someone has troubled to calculate the corresponding birth and death dates in a western calendrical system, or checked them against the tables in Dieter Schuh's book.*  Such efforts are but rarely undertaken, and may not prove so effective for calender-dating events in the pre‑Mongol period of Tibetan history.

*Dieter Schuh, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der tibetischen Kalenderrechnung, Franz Steiner (Wiesbaden 1973).

Key to abbreviations (for bibliographical abbreviations,

see the separate file):

=

is equivalent to (or is another name for)

abbre.  →  

abbreviation

acc.  →  

according

aka  →  

aka (also known as)

astro.  →  

astrology, astronomy, astrological, astronomical

b.  →  

born

bio[s].  →  

biography [biographies]

birthn.  →  

birthname (including childhood names)

ca.  →  

circa

cent.  →  

century

chap[s].  →  

chapter[s]

coll.  →  

collected, collection

comm.  →  

commentary

comms.  →  

commentaries

contemp.  →  

contemporary

d.  →  

died

disc[s].  →  

disciple [disciples]

DL  →  

Dalai Lama

E  →  

East

ed.  →  

edited by

evid.  →  

evidently

f.  →  

founded

f. of  →  

founder of

fl.  →  

fluorit, flourished

illus.  →  

illustration, illustrated

info.  →  

information

lat.  →  

latitude

long.  →  

longitude

med.  →  

medical, medicine

mon.  →  

monastery

ms.  →  

manuscript

mt[s].  →  

mountain, mountains

n.  →  

name (or 'note [number]' when used in page references)

N  →  

north

no[s].  →  

number[s]

p.n.  →  

personal name

pl.  →  

place (or plate)

pl.n.  →  

place name

prob.  →  

probably

pt.  →  

part

publ.  →  

published

q.v.  →  

quod vide; which see

redisc.  →  

rediscovered, rediscoverer

ref[s].  →  

reference[s]

S  →  

South

SE  →  

Southeast

Skt.  →  

Sanskrit

subj.  →  

subject

Tib.  →  

Tibetan

tr.  →  

translation

trans.  →  

transmission

vol[s].  →  

volume[s]

W  →  

West

w/  →  

with

Bibliographical references:  A key to bibliographical references is supplied separately.  Every abbreviated bibliographical reference includes an underlined element (in fact, underlinings are not used here for any other purpose; if there is no underlined element, there is no reason to look for it in the bibliographical key), and immediately after it comes a volume number, whenever relevant (in Roman numerals, generally), immediately followed by the page number.  Sometimes, even though some will consider this too pedantic, line references are also given immediately after the page no. and divided from it by a decimal point ("VI 66.2" means vol. 6, p. 66, line 2... "IX 66r.5" means vol. 9, fol. 66 recto, line 5).  It is important to be aware from the outset that some bibliographical references are numeric, using underlined numbers to stand for the bibliographical item.  A key to these is supplied. 

Some more minor notes:  'Phrin las is read as phrin las for the sake of alphabetization (that means the two are not distinguished; in modern Tibetan, there is a tendency to spell things in the shorter way). Skal ldan and Skal bzang are read as Bskal ldan and Bskal bzang (even though the former spellings are in reality more correct in the context of personal names).  Genitive case endings are ignored for the purposes of alphabetization, as are all vowel diphthongs formed with letter 'a (ex.: bye'u is alphabetized immediately following bye).  Long vowels in transliterations from Indian languages are alphabetized under the corresponding 'normal' Tibetan vowel (ex.: Au di yā na is alphabetized as if it were O di ya na).  The reversed Tibetan letters used to represent Sanskrit retroflexes are also treated alphabetically as if they were the ordinary unreversed forms of the letters.  In those odd cases in which Chinese is transcribed into Tibetan with a prescript 'h', the 'h' is ignored for the purpose of alphabetization.  The main entries are in ALL CAPITALS (this makes it easy to limit word searches to main entries only).

Generally speaking, if we have a name like Sgam po pa Bsod nams rin chen, the main entry will be the 'given' name "BSOD NAMS RIN CHEN."  Still, a cross reference to the main entry ought to be found under "SGAM PO PA."  Likewise, there should be a cross reference given under the alternative alias "DWAGS PO LHA RJE."  There are very few exceptions to this. In any case, one may use computer‑assisted searches that are not 'case sensitive' to search for the complete name "sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen," and this approach ought to be effective most of the time.

Note: As far as I know, the only publication devoted to Tibetan personal names as an indexing problem, is E.E.G.L. Searight, "Indexing Tibetan Names: Some Suggestions," The Indexer, vol. 25, no. 4 (October 2007), 10‑11, reprinted from the original publication in The Indexer, vol. 3, no. 2 (1962), pp. 64‑66.  This author decided to alphabetize names under the parts that precede the given name, unless that part is simply a title (or respectful epithet, I would add). There may be good arguments in favor of this, but I see more advantages for researchers by doing just the opposite and alphabetizing under given names.

Although I suppose it is no longer relevant in the 21st century, this file was made entirely in Gentium, a Unicode font. In any case, do make sure your word processing system is up‑to‑date and equipped for displaying Unicode.  

You may prefer to copy-paste the entire document into a text file of your choice so you can work with it offline.  This should be possible, you just have to try it.

One ought to be wary of the Sanskrit diacritics seen here, since in earlier days (that was before the advent of Unicode standards) they were simply omitted, being added in only recently.  

Disclaimer:  Although about a thousand items were used in the making of this index, I do not intend to imply that it is a complete index of any of those works. I am only too aware that a few entries and bibliographical references have been lost over the years, and if a reference or cross-referene on the odd occasion leads nowhere I must beg your forbearance.  I also do not guarantee that the person or place name that interests you will necessarily be found here. Use it for your own research and enjoyment, blessing it when it helps you, but at the same time please refrain from curses when it doesn't.  Please don't ask for refunds.

So, I think that about covers all the topics, I don't think you can even imagine how happy I am to at last get this out there, so I will just bid you a fond farewell before I go off and find age appropriate ways to celebrate.

Lha gyallo!

~

**KA**

KA KA — BA 302.  Pl.n. in Nyan (q.v.) region.  N. of a Zhing skyong gi Mkha' 'gro ma met by Nā ro pa.  17 II 257.6. 

KA KA NI SGO BZHI — A famous chorten in Lhasa.  Spelled Kakni sgo bzhi.  History in Dungkar, Dictionary 19‑21.  It had doors, and was meant to geomantically 'join' Lcag po ri with Dmar po ri (but it also supplied a heavily symbolic entry point to the holy city proper, as it does to this proper name index).

KA KA LA — See  Ka la ka.

KA KA RI — Das 865.  Snow mountains mentioned in a guide to Shambhala.

KA KHOL MA — See Das 6.  See under Bka' chems.

KA CAN — Tibetan pl.n.  Das 3.

Rgya'i Mkhar KWA CU — Kua-chou.  OTC 11.3‑.4.  ISTS 314. It is nowadays in ruins located in northern Gansu, about 100 kms. distant from Dunhuang.  See Kwa chu.

KA COG ZHANG GSUM — Names of three famous early translators in abbreviated form.  See Dungkar, Dictionary .  See under the full names Ka ba Dpal brtsegs, Cog ro Klu'i rgyal mtshan, and Sna nam Zhang Ye shes sde.

KA LCOG — 132  89.3.

KA CHING ZI — Guoqing Si, 'National Purity Monastery'.  Thuken 361.

KA CHU — BA 826.  "He secured lands for both Blo and  Ka chu."  A part of Samye compound (?).  17 II 341.1.

Brag dmar KA CHU — BD of T & TB I 544.

KWA CHU — BA 75, 77, 78.  Firstly, name of a district capital of Kansu called Kua‑chou.  Secondly, not too far from Bsam yas but to the E, Mes 'ag tshoms named a place after the Chinese capital to commemorate the Tibetan victory over the district of Gansu.  This place was later taken over by Klu mes.  See OTA 727.  See Dungkar, Dictionary.  Baumer, Tibet's Ancient Religion Bön 114‑5.  Vitali, Temples has a chapter on this place.

KA CHEN BZHI — Four great disciples of Mar pa.  See Dungkar, Dictionary.

KA JU — Pl.n. in presentday Gansu.  See Dungkar, Dictionary.

Grong khyer KANYTSI — In E India.  120 51.6, 75.6.  An area (yul).  120  176.10.  =Kāñcī in southern India.  BD of T & TB X 25.12‑.16.  ka nytsi'i yul zhes pa'i ka nytsi ni gsal ba 'dzin.  Eimer, Dbyangs 56.  See Dungkar, Dictionary 21.  Jamspal, Treasury 85.

KANYTSI PU RA — See Dungkar, Dictionary 21.

KA ṬA KA — BA 762. =Orissa.  BD of T & TB I 780.  Cuttack.

O i sha'i Grong khyer KA ṬA KA BHA NA RA SI NA — BD of T & TB I 913. 

KA ṬA KI LA — Kaṭakila, n. of city in ancient Sind.  Lit., 'pillar of grass'.  Das 4. 

Glang KA TA NA — Kuijp, Some Remarks 177.

KA ṬA BO ṬA — Indian n. for Paro in Bhutan.  Das 4. 

KA TA YA —  =Katya.  N. of a cave at Snyi shang gur rta (q.v.).  4 124A.3.  Mon yul Snyi shang gi Ri Katya'i Phug na...  4 130B.1, 131A.2.  Bal po Ka tya'i Phug pa ru.  4 134A.5.  Katya'i Shel phug Chu shing Rdzong.  4  172B.2.  Also, pl. in ancient India, prob. country of Gætae.  Acc. to Csoma, =Scythia.  N. of district in Tibet.

KA TA YA NA NOG CAN — 'With hump on shoulder'.  One of 6 heretical teachers who disputed with the Buddha (Das).  413 74.6.  Kātyāyana.  DCD 8‑9.

KA ṬA LĀ DI NI — Ceylon mon., residence of one Dharmakīrti.  449 18.3.

Sing ga la'i Nags KA TI SHEL PHUG — 4x I 229.7, 234.2.  Is ka ti a kind of tree?  Ka ti Shel phug Chu shing Rdzong.  See Andrew Quintman, Toward a Geographic Biography: Mi la ras pa in the Tibetan Landscape, Numen LV (2008) 363‑410, at p. 381.

KA TO RA — ?  115 141.6. 

KA TYA YA NA — First teacher of the Gnas brtan Sde, one of the 4 Śrāvaka schools.  See Dungkar, Dictionary 21.

KA THANG KLU TSHES — See Dungkar, Dictionary.

KA THE SHI — N. of a Chinese minister.  Emmerick. 

KAḤ THOG RDO RJE GDAN — In Mdo smad.  May be considered the most important Nyingma monastery in Khams.  Founded by (Kaḥ thog) Dam pa bde gshegs  [an emanation of Byang sems Blo gros] in Earth Hare (1059 or 1164??).  This mon. had many branches.  It fell into decay in 15th & 16th cents. Was renovated by Gter 'byin Grub pa'i Dbang phyug Bdud 'dul rdo rje and  (Rig 'dzin) Klong gsal snying po.  Propagated Snying thig and especially teachings of  Klong gsal snying po.  F. in 1059, acc. to Dhongthog 120 and BD of T & TB III 517.  Had incarnation of  the translator Vairocana.  9 X.  "'Bri chu'i 'gram Spom por dang nye bar Kaḥ thog ces pa'i Gnas Mgon." (i.e., gnas dgon?)  Das 1‑2.  F. 1159.  16 38.  See Ma ṇi rin chen.  The Kaḥ thog history by 'Jam dbyangs rgyal mtshan, on p. 25, gives the date of initial founding as the Earth Hare of the 3rd rab byung (1159), with date of completion two years later, and this date seems correct.  See Dungkar, Dictionary 4 ff, where we find among other things a listing of early abbots.  See Gardner in TJ XXVIII no. 3 (2003) 64‑65, where the founding is placed in 1159, by Ka Dam pa Bde gshegs (1122‑1192).  Cuevas, Hidden History 139 ff.

KAḤ THOG — See (— — Mkhan po) Kun dpal.  (— — Mkhan chen) Ngag dbang dpal bzang.  (— —) Dam pa bde gshegs.  (— —) Nam mkha' rdo rje.  (— —) Nus ldan.  (— —) Byams 'bum.  (— —) Ma ṇi rin chen. (— —) Bsod nams rgyal mtshan.

KAḤ THOG RIG 'DZIN — See (— — — —) Padma nor bu.  (— — — —) Tshe dbang nor bu.

KAḤ THOG RIG 'DZIN CHEN MO — General name for the head Lamas of Kaḥ thog Monastery in Khams.  See Das 2.  See Dungkar, Dictionary, where it is taken as name of Tshe dbang nor bu.

KAḤ THOG SI TU — Splinter of Si tu line that occurred following Si tu Chos kyi 'byung gnas (1700‑1774).  IX. Chos kyi blo gros; X. Chos kyi rgya mtsho; XI. Unknown name b. in family of Rgya nag Tshang of Skye dgu rdo.

KA MTHO DGON — Vai.Ser. 255. 

KA DA LI SHA — The first Kushan king.  See Dungkar, Dictionary 7.

KA DAG — Pl.n.  ISTS 311. 

Rig 'dzin KA DAG MTHONG GROL — (19th‑20th cent.?)  Author 474 (aliases listed).  Disc. of (Chag ri) Nyi ma grags pa. 

KA DAG RANG BYUNG RANG SHAR — Rgod kyi ldem 'phru can, Rdzogs chen Ka dag rang byung rang shar, publ. in Paro, 1979. 

KA DANG — Military regiment (one of 5) charged with guarding the Dalai Lama.  Goldstein, Hist. 67. 

KA DAM PA 'KHOD PA NYID — Das 423, no. 16. 

KA'U DINYA — One of 5 first followers of Gautama Buddha.  413 19.2. 

KA DRUG — Pl.n. BA 631, 634. 

Gtsang lung KA MDA' DGON — Dge lugs mon. in Nang chen?  Vai.Ser. 240.  473 29. 

KA ṆA — A yul in the west inhabited by Turkic king.  BD of T&TB I 577. 

Dza landha ra'i Rgyal po KA NA KA — Kaniṣka.  413 73.6. 

KA NA KA BRO TAM — River near Bodhgaya.  449 27.6.  For discussion, see Shin'ichiro Hori, "In the Wake of a Buddhist Monk in 15th-Century Eastern India: The Manuscripts of Sanskrit Grammatical Texts Originally Owned by Vanaratna," Bulletin of the International Institute for Buddhist Studies 1 (2018) 45-60, at p. 52.

KA NA KA WARMA — N. of Indian pundit who visited Tibet.  Das 5.  BA 342.  17 II 384.6.  In Tibetan, Gser mdog, he was invited by Pa tshab Lo tsā ba, and together they fixed the translation of the Yum at Ra mo che.  Mtshan tho no. 81.

KA NA KA SHO TI — N. of a river.  BD of T&TB I 896. 

KA NA KRA SHO TAM — BA II 798;  N. of Indian river.  Ka na ka shro ram in 17 II 310.5. 

KA NA KA SHRĪ — Disc. of Nā ro pa.  17 II 286.3, 408.3.  BA 382.  17 II 409.2.  BD of T&TB I 810‑811... 

KA NA KHA LA PA — Mahāsiddhā.  Tib.: Zegs ma'i g.yul.  Bio. in 120 166.  Younger sister of Me kha la.  BD of T&TB I 738. 

Ba lang gi Brtul zhugs 'dzin pa KA ṆA DA RO RU —  =Gzeg ma sgra sgrog.  BD of T&TB I 453. 

KA NA DZU — Newari craftsman.  17 III 481.5. 

Rgyal po KA ṆA RI PA — BD of T&TB I 416. 

KA NA RI ZHANG 'DZIN —  =Karna ri pa, q.v.  120 205. 

De wi ko ṭa'i Ḍā ki ma KA NA SHRĪ — Teacher of Khyung po Rnal 'byor in Nepal.  17 II 427.  BA 729. 

KA NA SA TA — N. of a grong khyer, 'town'.  120 9.1. 

KA NAM — (sp?) Mon. at Zangs dkar.  188 8.  Ka nam, in Nga ra (in bio. of Rin chen bzang po).  Klimburg‑Salter in TS9 VII 4.

KA NI KA — Also, Ka nis ka.  Kaniṣka.  N. of a Turuṣka king who ruled Pahlava, Kashmir and Jalandhara, said to have held the third and last Great Council for the compilation of Mahāyāna scriptures in 1st cent. B.C. Das 5.  See Dungkar, Dictionary 6‑7.

Mchod rten KA ṆI KA — 406 8v.2. 

Dza landha ra'i Rgyal po KA NI KA — Patron of 3rd canonical council.  BD of T&TB X 39.8.  211 27.6.  A letter to a king Ka ni ka from Ma ti tsi tra is preserved in Tanjur.  See Bu ston, Collected Works XXVIII 549.5.  See also index to Emmerick.

KA ṆI SGO BZHI — See Essais 160.

KA NYA KU PA JA — A country.  KB 117.5. 

KA GNAM — Province NE of Kong po.  Das 5.  See Lazcano in RET 7 (2005) 42 notes 11, 43.

KA GNAM — See (— —) Srin po rdzong.

KA GNAM SDE PA — Don grub rgya mtsho, "An Account of the History of Spo smad Ka gnam Sde pa," Tibetan Studies: Journal of the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences, 1 (1989) 83‑89.

Khu nu KA GNAM LHUN GRUB DGE 'PHEL — Vai.Ser. 226.

*KA RNA SU WA RNA — Karṇasuvarṇa.  Together with Puṇḍravardhana, one of the leading Buddhist intellectual institutions during the visit of Hsüan–tsang.  Dasgupta, ORC 10.

Dge slong KA PA YA BA — (=Ka pa ya pa).  Ordination n. of Ti lo pa.  116 75.2 ff.

KA PĀ LA — Or: Ka pā li pa.  Tib.: Thod pa can.  A Mahāsiddha.  A common laborer with five children, his wife died and then all his children.  He was mourning them in the graveyard when Nag po spyod pa came and initiated him.  He made bone ornaments from his children and a skull cup from his wife's head.  BD of T&TB I 744‑745.

KA PA LA BHO LJON — 115 65.4. 

KA PI KA — An area (yul) in India where Mai tri met Shānti pa.  17 II 288.2.

KA PI TA — See Ka pe stan.  Ka pi.  Das 5.  Evidently Kapisha in area of Gandhāra, presentday Begram, west of Peshawar (now in Afghanistan).  Titles of Bon scriptures are quite often given in a Ka pi ta language (Ka pi ta Lha yi Skad), but it is not known what language this would be.  For examples, see the Gal Mdo (p. 48), the 'Dul ba Rgyud Drug, and so forth.  Sylvain Lévi, "Note rectificative sur le Ki pin," Journal Asiatique (Jan‑Feb 1896) 161‑162, shows how Chinese Ki pin is correct Chinese form for Kapiśa.  Kāviśa occurs as country name in Mañjuśrīmūlatantra, chap. 10 (discussion in Decleer, Tragkar verse VII.2).

KA PI NA — S Indian king.  See Das 5.  King of Singa la'i Gling.  120 37.6.  Ka bi na in BD of T&TB I 648.  DCD 8.

KA PI LA — [1] N. of a Deva.  [2] N. of a Yakṣa.  Emmerick.  [3] Pl.n.  NMH 117.1.

KA PI LA — See Dung dkar.

KA PI LA BASTU — See Ser skya'i gzhi.  See Dung dkar.  (Btsan po No min han was evidently aware of the relative locations of Buddha's birthplace and the palace of Kapilavastu...  This was long before its 'discovery' by Westerners [who after all partly based their search on what they learned from Tibetan sources!])

KA PI LA MU NI — Das 6.

KA PI LYA — TPS 505.

KA PU TI — Das 6.

KA PE STAN — Kapistan.  Wylie 53.  Ka be si stan, =presentday Kabul.  NMH 116.2. 

KA PE RDZOGS GSUM — BA 158.  Collective n. for the 3 great monasteries of the Rnying ma Sect, including Kaḥ thog.

KA SPUNGS ZANGS MDOG DPAL RI — Pl.n.?  BD of T&TB III 710. 

KA PHYAG CHU BO GNYIS 'DRES — See Dung dkar, where he explains it as mistaken spelling for Bka' phyag...

KA BA — See (— —) Shākya dbang phyug;  (— —) Dpal brtsegs; (— —) Dar seng.

Bran ze'i Grong KA BA — There is in India this and another town called Nye ba'i Ka ba.  LPNT VII 89.

Ha shang KA BA — Lde'u2 155.

KA BA KHRA MO — Site of Bon redisc.  Kværne no. 63. 

KA BA CAN — BA 197, 892.  Dgyer meditated at a cave here. 

Bla ma KA BA CAN — 458 I 270.4.

KA BA NAG PO MAN NGAG RTSA BA'I RGYUD — Bon tantra in 258 IV 1‑100.  Listed in Everding's Bon catalog, no. JS 1991.

KA BA SPRUL SKU — Sardar‑Afkhami, Account, p. 9.  Elsewhere spelled Kha ba Sprul sku, which seems to be the correct spelling.

KA BA BUM PA CAN — N. of a pillar.  See Dung dkar.

KA BA SBRUL MGON CAN — N. of a pillar.  See Dung dkar.

KA BA SHING LO CAN — N. of a pillar.  See Dung dkar.

KA BA SA — Native place of Tshul khrims mgon po.  BA 304.

KA BA SENG MGO CAN — N. of a pillar.  See Dung dkar.

KA BI NA — See Ka pi na. 

Grong khyer KA BI LA SA KRU — 120 98.16, 100.9.

KA BE LA —  =Kabul.  Wylie 58.  Das 7.

KA BO KA — See Ka 'o ka.

KA BRAG — See (— —) Dkon mchog 'byung gnas.

KA SBUG —  =Kalimpong.  Goldstein 32.  Short for Ka ling sbug.

KA MA GHU PA — A sgrub gnas at Mt. Ka ma do ka.  115 64.7. 

KA MA CHA —  =Ka mu tsha.  Kāmakṣā in Assam.  Das 8.

KA MA TA — Sngon gyi Rgya gar ba'i yul zhig.  Dagyab.  5 166.4, 298.5.  King named Ma la ko shan circa 1564.  17 III 522.4.  grong khyer gyi ming, 'name of a city'.  Utpal 12.4.  See Dung dkar, where he describes its special script.  See Stearns, King 466‑7.

KA MA DO KA — Mt. W of Dhu ma tha la.  115 64.5, 64.6, 67.3.

KA MA PA — See (— — —) Shes rab 'od.

Zhang KA MA BA — See under (Ka ma pa) Shes rab 'od.

KĀ MA TSANDRA — See Dung dkar 18.

KĀ MA RŪ PA — 'Dod pa'i Gzugs (tr. into Tibetan).  BA 693.  In E India (Assam). 87 I 66.2, 254.5, 257.2.  120 125.15.  See Wilfried Nölle, "Kāmarūpa," contained in: Śata‑piṭaka series, Indo‑Asian Literatures Volume 37 (New Delhi 1965), pt. 1, pp. 125‑128.  Kenneth Grant, The Magical Revival, p. 76.  Bhattacaryya, Studies 8.  BD of T&TB X 9.15, 24.6‑10.  It has a Chos 'byung as high as a man marked with the stone symbol (linga) like an mchan khung (armpit).  NMH 67 ff.  Kakati.  BD of T&TB I 539, 912.  115 155.2.  LGCM 624.1.  As rare as the stone of Kamarupa (ka ma ru pa'i rdo ltar dkon pa'i).  601 37v.6.  See Dung dkar 10, 18.

Chang tshong ma KA MA RU PA SIDDHI — BD of T&TB I 336.

KA MA LA — Mahāsiddha.  Picture in 128 32A, 39A.

KA MA LA GUPTA — See Dung dkar.  An obscure teacher of Lo chen Rin chen bzang po.

KA MA LA TA — N. of the minister whose son was killed by the spear of Padmasambhava.  87 I 11.3.

KA MA LA RAKSHI TA — 17 II 352.1.  BD of T&TB I 577‑8.  Teacher of Khyung po rnal 'byor pa.  A Bhairava expert, he failed to attain Rainbow Body because of the taint of his practice of magic (mngon spyod).  12th abbot of Vikramaśīla.  See Dung dkar.

KĀ MA LA SHĪ LA — 17 II 328.2, 329.2.  Invited from China to Tibet by Khri srong lde btsan.  87 I 104.2, 105.5, 108.3.  Disciple of Śāntarakṣita.  BD of T&TB I 523, 558‑61.  Mtshan tho no. 14, gives the Tibetan tr. of the name as Padma'i ngang tshul; he composed the three Sgom rim and the Dbu ma Snang ba.  See Dung dkar 10‑12.

Paṇḍi ta KA MA LA SHĪ LA — N. by which Pha dam pa was known in India.  124 434.2.

KA MA LA SHRĪ — [1] See Karl Jahn's CAJ article on Rashid al Din.  [2] This is also one of the names of Pha dam pa.

KA MA LA SA RA — Large lake in North Kashmir (Kha che).  115 69.7.

KA MI LOG —  Also, Ka ma log.  See Karsten, T‑K 4 for a brief discussion.  Ka mo lug is spelling in LPNT VII 353.  Karsten suggests it as one of the possible names for Korea, but the context is Mongolo-Turkic areas much further west, and I think this name conceals the Turkic suffix -lük, with meanings of -hood or -ity.

Slob dpon KA MIN CHEN PO — See under Lo chen Sprul sku. 

KA MU TSHA — See Ka ma cha.

KA MED RTA RA — A stable near the Jo khang, used by Srong btsam sgam po.  See Dung dkar 12.

KA TSA RA — ISTS 11.  Aris, Discourse 25.  Heller, Tibetan Art 139.  See discussion of this word, which generally refers to persons of mixed Nepali‑Tibetan ancestry (and has a derogatory meaning in Nepal), by Amy Heller in Orientations 33 no 10 (Dec 2002) 61.

KA TSAN — An abbreviation.  See BA 786.  See the following.

KA TSAN DBYANGS GSUM — A way of abbreviating the names of the three main schools of Sanskrit grammar considered important in Tibet.  See Smith, Philology 18.

KA TSI LI BAN — See Das 9.

KATSTSHA — An area (yul) near O rgyan.  87 I 257.5 ff.  BD of T&TB I 494.

Slob dpon KATSTSHA PA — Contemp. of elder Indra bhu ti.  BD of T&TB I 455.

KA TSHAL —  =Ska tshal, q.v.  Das 9.  458 I 192.5.  =Bka' tshal. See Hazod in TS9 I 41.  See Dung dkar.

KA TSHIGS CHEN PO — N. of a book.  See Das 9.

Kla klo'i Ston pa KĀ DZI — BD of T&TB I 882, 883.

KA BZHI — KTDN 65.6, 66.2.

KA BZHI STENGS — BA 593.

KA BZHI GDUNG BRGYAD — N. of the Mkhar (manor house) built by Mi la ras pa's father.  4C 24.  4A 11B.5.  Also refers to a group of Mi la ras pa's chief disciples:  "Gnyal la Ka Bzhi Gdung Drug."  KTDN 65.6.

KA BZHI PA — Tshogs chos lung pa'i Mkhan chen.  17 II 344.5.  BA 80.

KA 'O KA — N. of one of the 'four doors' of O rgyan.  115 52.6, 55.7.  Ka bo ka.  17 XX 286.6.  Das 7.

KA 'OG SNGAGS — Cuevas, Hidden History 185.

KĀ 'U RA BA — BA 13.

KA YA GA'U RI — Gayāgauri.  See Das 9.

Slob dpon KA YA TA PA — A teacher, in bio. of Lu yi pa.  24 I 45.1‑45.2, 46.6.  145 V 279c.4 ff.

Bal pa KA YA SHRĪ — Pundit listed with no further info. in Mtshan tho 105 (apparently belonged to 12th cent.).

KĀ YA STHĀ — Author of comm. on Saṃ pu ṭa.  KB 42.4.

Nyi grags pa KA YOG SNGAGS PA — See (— — —) (— — — —) Bdud 'dul.

KA RA — As the last element of a name, it shows that a monk belongs to the Phal chen Sde.  See Dung dkar 12‑13.

Mu zu KA RA 'PHAN — N. of Dgongs pa rab gsal.  Lde'u2 154.  This name might indicate that he was Turkish, with kara being a common word for 'black' and possibly the last part could be for burun or the like, meaning 'cape' (just a guess).

Yul KA RA BĪ RA — 120 90.5.

KA RA HA — N. of a trade center (tshong dus, i.e., tshong 'dus) where Klu sgrub (the tantrika) was born.  In the S district called Bhe ta'i Yul.  24 I 53.4.

KA RAG BSAM GTAN — A 'meditation grotto'.  See Uhlig, On the Path to Enlightenment 70.

KA RI — An area (yul).  BD of T&TB I 686.

KĀ RI KA LNGA BCU — See Dung dkar 18.  A Vinaya text of disputed authorship.

KA RI TA — Spyan ras gzigs Bsgrubs pa'i Brag phug (a rock cave for performing the Avalokiteśvara practice)  5 179.4, 219.2.

KA RI'I BU MO — Das 10. 

KA RING DKA' BCU PA — See (— — — — —) Phun tshogs rnam rgyal. 

A mdo KA RING BA — See (— —) (— — —) Blo bzang chos dar.

KA RING LHA KHANG — 332 preface 17.

KA RU — See Dmag gi Ka ru.

KA RU — Identified with Karma shar in Lhasa.  Dung dkar 140.

Sku gdung KA RU — BA 691, 954.

KĀ RU — Ancient temple which was later made a Dge lugs mon.  Vai.Ser. 121.

Rgya nag gi Mchod rten KA RU — 253 II 225.3.

Mu stegs KA RU — Zhi byed Coll. IV 162.5.

KA RU NA SI TI — Karuṇasiddhi (*Thugs rje dngos grub?).  A rare name for Pha dam pa, given in a list of names in Peacemaking Collection IV 91.6.

KA RU PA — Mahāsiddha.  Picture in 128 45a.

KA RU DZU DZU — NMH 8.1.

KA RUB  (sp?) — Site of Neolithic remains.  Precious Deposits I 18 ff.  In Chab mdo.

KA RU 'DZIN PA — 394 II 60.1.

KA RO NGA — See Mjal mo ka.  Emmerick.

KA RO PA — Disc. of Mai tri pa.  BA 843, 847, q.v.  17 II 430.  Bio. BD of T&TB I 791‑794, 837.  Alias Bi ta karma, Pītakarma.

Gnod sbyin KA LA — BD of T&TB I 873.

KA LA KA — Or,  Ka ka la.  In O rgyan.  Kālakavana (Chattopadhyaya, Reflections on the Tantras, p. 69).  115 62.2, 62.5.

KA LA KA BA — Tib.: Ku co can.  See Ki li ki li.

KA LA KI — Evidently the Kalkin incarnation is meant.  See Dung dkar.

KA LA DA GE — Mahāsiddha.  Picture 128 60a.  Also, Ka la le dhe (in a thangka reproduction).

KĀ LA DUNG MTSHO — In Tsari.  17 IV 226.3, 229.5.  BA 719, 720.

KA LA PA — Mahāsiddha.  Tib.: Smyon pa'i zhabs.  Ka la pī.  Bio. 120 82‑83.  BD of T&TB I 670‑671.

KA LĀ PA — [1] Capital city of Shambhala.  243 I 595.3.  LPNT VII 94 calls it Rgyal po'i Pho brang Ka mā pa.  [2] N. of a famous grammar of Sanskrit.  A Legs sbyar Sgra Mdo Ka la pa'i Legs bshad Rab Gsal Snang ba was published in Manali in 1979.  For another commentary, see SBTD I 15.  See Dung dkar 14‑15.

KA LĀ PA BYĀ KA RA ṆA — See Dung dkar.

KA LĀ PAR 'JUG PA'I SMON LAM — Dennison, India Office no. 4.

KA LA SPUR — See Ka la sur.

Dge slong KA LA BA — Monastic n. of Telopa.  73 36.6.

KA LA BU — Das 10.

KA LA MI TRA — Tib. Dus kyi bshes gnyen, he came to Tibet in 9th cent., time of Ral pa can more or less.  Mtshan tho no. 16.

KA LA TSANDRA — BD of T&TB I 870.  In Tibetan, Dus kyi zla ba.  He was skilled in Kālacakra.  One of the 9 lesser pundits who came with Shākya shrī.  Mtshan tho no. 97.  See Dung dkar.  Smith, Philology 12.

Srin po KA LA RA TSA — 491 26.5.

KĀ LA RI'I DGON BKRA SHIS LHUN GRUB — A monastery.  See Dung dkar 19.

KA LA RO ZAN — Das 10.

KA LA LANG KA — Mahāsiddha.  128 57a.

KA LA LE DHE — See Ka la da ge.

KA LA SUR — A city.  Also, Ka la spur.  115 54.7, 55.1.

KA LANG RMAL — Also, Ka lan, or, Ka len.  A king of Gu ge.  28 54, 56, etc.

KA LAN DA KA — Das 11.  DCD 7‑8, has long discussion.

KA LAM PĀ TSHA — Columbus.  See Me pā rā dza.  NMH 392.1.

Lha btsun KA LI — Disc. of 'Brog mi.  BA 208.  17 II 398.4.

KA'U LI — Korea.  BA 502.  Kapstein, Assimilation 233 n. 2 (Ka'u hi, =Ka'u li, in Deb ther Dmar po; spelled Kwo le by Btsan po No mon han; Ku'u li by Sum pa Mkhan po).  The name is spelled Ko li and Ko ri ya by Btsan po No mon han; Yongdan, TCW 102.

KA'U LI DKAR PO — Ko ri ya (Korea).  Dung dkar 44.  Gendun Choempel says its ancient name was Ka'u cus li, and this was later contracted to Ka'u li. 

KĀ LI KA ṬA — Calcutta.  NMH 64.6.  Aris, Discourse 29.  See Dung dkar 15.

KĀ LĪ DĀ SA — See Dung dkar 19.  Tibetan name: Nag mo khol.

KA LINGKA — Kingdom of the south.  17 II 310.3.  In SE.  BD of T&TB X 10.11, 25.3‑8.  Das 11.  KB 135.4.  449 21.6.  See Dung dkar 2, 15.  See Karsten, T‑K 4 for a discussion (some say it is Korea).

KA LING KA'I BDAG PO — See Dung dkar 15‑16.

KA LING SPUG —  =Ka sbug.  Kalimpong.  TS5 812.

KĀ LINDA'I BU MO — N. of Yamunā.  Das 418.

KA LIB — Caliph.  See Dung dkar.

KA LIB KYI RGYAL KHAMS — See Dung dkar, where many of the Islamic ruler's names are given on pp. 16‑17.

Slob dpon KA LU KA — 449 40.5.

KA'U LE — Korea.  Dung dkar 45.  Also spelled Ka'u li.  See Kuijp, KPTB 52.

KĀ'U SHĀ M BĪ — BA 21.  See Ke'u shan byi.

KĀ SHI — District near Benares.  Emmerick.

KA SHI'I GRONG — See Dung dkar.

KA SHI BHA BHU — A person in Calcutta.  Aris, Discourse 29.

KA SHI MDZES PA — TPS 472.

KA SHI RU — Pl. in Indian Ocean.  Das 11.

Rgya nag KA SHING KA — KTDN 135.3.

KA SHOD ZHABS PAD — ISTS xx.

Bal po KA SHRĪ MIN — BD of T&TB I 810.

KA SAN KA RA — Das 11.

KA SĪ KĀ RĀ —  =Kashgar.  Wylie 67.  See Petech in T'oung Pao, n.s., L 340.

Rnal 'byor ma KA SU RI — 115 64.3.

KA SE RU — N. of an island. TPS 460.

KA SO RI PA — A vaiśya among the 3 chief discs. of Tilopa.  57 IIB 343.4.  75 96.  17 II 449.3.  116 77.7.  BD of T&TB I 850.  See Dung dkar.

KA HA RI — An area (yul).  120 100.12.

KA'U HI — A general in the T'ang army.  Dung dkar 44.

KA HO RA — Pl.n.  A part of Kanytsi, birthplace of Nāgārjuna in E India.  120 51.6.

KWAG 'AN TSE — Iwao, Preliminary 180.

KAG LA BONG — Nan‑chao (Mywa) King.  Beckwith, Tibetan Empire 65.  Baumer, Tibet's Ancient Religion Bön 114.  He should be Ko‑lo‑feng [Geluofeng], who ruled from 748‑779.  Dotson, Note 78.  Dotson, Dissert. 380.  Takata Tokio, A Note on the Lijiang Tibetan Inscription, Asia Major 19 nos 1‑2 (2006) 161‑170, at p. 166.

KANG KA'I RIGS GROL — See Tshe dbang bde chen snying po.

Lho phyogs KANG KA SHA RA — 17 IV 322.5.

KANGKAR MA — An area (yul).  120 88.3.

KANG KING — Wrathful (khro bo) deities.  See King kang.  115 56.7.

KANG GRĀ — Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.  BA 669, 682, 700, 745, 845.

KANG DANG KING — See King kang.

Spu rang KANG TSE PHU — 253 II 567.5.

KAN KA RA MA — An area (yul).  BD of T&TB I 675.

KAN BRGYA BRAG DKAR — TS7 II 981.

KAN CI — See Kanytsi.

KAN CHEN DGON THAR PA GLING — 332  preface 18.  Vai.Ser. 268.

KAN JI — Luczanits in TS9 VII 117.

KAN TA PA — Mahāsiddha.  128 29A.

Dri KAN TA RO HI — See Dri kan ta ro hi.

KANTA LI PA — Mahāsiddha.  Or, Ka nā li pa.  Tib.: Gos hrul can  or  Tshem bu pa (q.v.).  His guru was the Ḍākinī Bai ta li.  Bio. 120 168‑169.  BD of T&TB I 740‑741.

Rgyal ba Byams pa KWAN TING TĀ'I SI TU — Title of Si tu Rin po che in 12 IX 83.3.

KWAN TING TĀ GU SHRĪ — Kuijp in TH&L 293, 294.  Bkwan ting Gu shri in  Dung dkar 185.

KWAN THA'I YES — Jackson, Patron 238.

KAN DRU'U SHRĪ — See Dung dkar 21‑22.  An ancient fort in presentday Gansu.  Its history is told in the A mdo Chos 'byung.

KANDHA PA — Disc. of Nā ro pa.  =Kandha ri.  17 II 285.2. BD of T&TB I 795. 

KAN MON SHOD — BA 278.

KAN DZI — In the NW.  BD of T&TB X 10.15.

KAN YA KUB DZA — See Dung dkar 6.  A city in ancient India.

KANHA — Or, Kahna.  Tib.: Nag po zhabs.  Bio. 120 57‑63.  Also called Nag po spyod pa.  His guru was Dza landha ra pa.  His primary fault was pride in his miraculous powers.  See the master's thesis by Dr. Paul Draghi (Indiana University).  See Karna pa.

KAM — See (—) Chos kyi ye shes.

KAṂ KA TA — BA 730.

KAM KA NA — See also Kaṃ ka ni and Kaṃ ka pa.  Tib.: Gdu bu pa.  "Kangga ni rlung rtag pa rkang gdub zhabs."  Mahāsiddha.  Bio. 120 85‑88.  He was a king who attained siddhi by concentration on his shining bracelet.  See Govinda, Foundations 59 ff.  =Kaṃ ki na.  BD of T&TB I 672‑674.

KAM KA RA — Country of NW India, unidentified. Wylie 56, 120 (n. 55).

KAṂ KA RI PA —  =Kaṃ ka li pa.  BD of T&TB I 635.  A worldly man whose wife died just as he was to marry her, he was met by a yogi as he was weeping by her corpse in the cemetery.  =Kangka ri pa.  A Mahāsiddha.  Bio. 120 25‑26.  Tib.: Keng rus zhabs.

KAM KAM — F. by Khrom bzher.  See Skam skam.  BA 305, 306, 307.  Vai.Ser. 141.  See Dung dkar (also at p. 104‑105).

KAM KAM PA — See (— — —) Don grub dpal.

KAM KO NA — BA 368.

KAM KHRI BZANG BYE 'DA' — OTA year 653.

KAM BCU — Gansu.  Also spelled Gan cu.  Bailey in AM 11 no.1 (1964) 10. Vitali in Rocznik Orientalistyczny LXVII (2014) 245.

KAM CHU — Kan chou.  BA 503‑504.  =Kam ju.  170 126.6.

KAM CHU — See (— —) Gu rub.

KAM CHU GLING — BA 500.

KAṂ ṆI — "Kaṃ ni sgo bzhi."  5 105.2, 163.6.  A Chörten in Lhasa.  Stearns, King 70.

KAM PA — See (— —) Shes rab 'od.

KAṂ PA RI PA — Mahāsiddha.  Tib.: Mgar ba or Rigs 'dzin zhabs.  Bio. 120 122.3 ff.  A smith who was taught yoga by analogy of bellows, embers, fire and iron.  BD of T&TB I 698‑700.

KAM PA LA — BA 849.

Khams KAṂ PO'I GNAS — F. by Dus gsum mkhyen pa in 1164. Dhongthog 120.  Kaṃ po Gnas nang.  12 IX 85.4.  Mt. chain.  ISTS 98.

KAM PO TSE GLING — See Dung dkar, p. 22, but note that he identifies this, and the more usual spelling Kam po dza, as referring to Cambodia (in fact, it's Kamboja, a kingdom in NW Indian sub‑continent).

KAM PO DZA — Cambodia. Yongdan, TCW 99.

KAM BHA LA —  =Kamba la, Shri pra bha ta.  Tib.: Wa ba pa, Lwa ba pa.  Mahāsiddha.  Bio. 120 88‑93, 105.7.  He got his name because he dressed in black wool (wa ba, goiter?).  BD of T&TB I 675‑679.

KAM TSA RANG GA — An area W of Assam.  See Dung dkar 18.

KAṂ TSHANG BKA' BRGYUD —  =Karma pa.  One of 4 main branches of Bka' brgyud lineage.  F. by Dus gsum mkhyen pa.  See Richardson in JRAS (1959) 1‑18.  See also Skam rdzong.  See Dung dkar 23‑24.

KAM LĀ SHA — A great snow mt. (gangs ri) near Spa sde called Bai ḍurya tha ka by the Kla klo.  Wylie 61.  See Petech in T'oung Pao, n.s. vol. 50, p. 339.

KAM LO TSĀ BA — A disc. of Rwa Lo.  BD of T&TB III 330.

KAM LOG — See Bka' ma log.

KAM SHENG — Pl. in Khotan.  =Skam sheng.  Emmerick.  See Gam shang.  In Tibetan works on Khotan, n. of an eastern province of Khotan.  82 88.  Zhu, Preliminary 48.  See Rong in JAH 49 (2015) 170.

KARTI SGANG — N. of a pl. in Tibet.  Das 14.

KAR ṬIK — Works, SBTD I 7‑8.

Rgyal po KAR DA — BD of T&TB I 801.

KAR SDE — A term sometimes used by non Karma pas to refer to the Karma Bka' brgyud.  Dung dkar 45.

KARṆA — N. of an old Indian kingdom in the western parts.  See Dung dkar 22.

KARṆṆA TA — A Yul 'khor Chen po in Kālacakra literature.  Derge vol. 77, p. 276.7.

KARṆA TA KA — An area (yul) in S India.  BD of T&TB I 418.  Karnataka.

KARṆA ḌA — BD of T&TB I 443.

KARṆA PA — See Kānha.  Also called Kṛṣṇa.  =(Brtul zhugs) Nag po spyod pa.  Disc. of Dza landha ra pa.  BD of T&TB I 443‑451.

KARNA PA — Mahāsiddha.  Picture.  See 128 49A.

KARNA RI PA — N. of a person.  Successor of Shing lo pa, and succeeded by Tilli pa.  See under Bka' babs Bzhi.  =Rdo rje dril bu pa (q.v.).  Bio. 24 I 67‑72.  53 II 306.3.  Named after a rock on which he meditated which was shaped like a lion jumping into the sky.  24 I 71.7.  He transmitted to Ti lo pa especially the Bde mchog and 'Pho ba/Bar do teachings.  Bio. 120 63‑67.  In 120 205 he is identified with Ārya de ba and has Tib. n. Ka na ri zhang 'dzin.  A disc. of Klu sgrub (the alchemist Nāgārjuna). 

KARMA — As initial part of a personal name, it is (usually) the first part of the ordination name of all teachers belonging to the Karma Kaṃ tshang tradition.  23 56.  A pl.n.  BA 490, 492, 494, 500, 505, 506, 507, 510, 512, 514, 550.  For a 'guidebook' (gnas yig), see 239 XXX 161‑172.

Snye mo KARMA — Artist in time of DL V.  Essais 143.

KARMA KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — (1555‑1628).  35 II 299‑302.

KARMA BKA' BRGYUD — Subsect of Bka' brgyud pa.  F. by Dus gsum mkhyen pa.  See 11 4 ff.  Main incarnations besides the "Karmapas" (the Zhwa nag and Zhwa dmar, q.v.) are the Si tu, Dpa' bo, and Rgyal tshab.  Also, Tre ho (?) Rin po che.  11 4.  The old head monastery of the sect was Mtshur phu, while the head monastery in exile is Rumtek Mon. in Sikkim.  See articles by H. Richardson.  Karmapa prayers in 203. 

KARMA BKA' BRGYUD BKRA SHIS — See (Rgyal sras) Gzhan phan chos kyi grags pa.

KARMA BKRA SHIS — Important artist of Sgar bris school, a contemp. of Si tu Paṇ chen.  F. a school of art at Kar shod in Khams.  23 45.  For a self‑portrait, see Jackson, Patron 16, etc., esp. p. 167.

KARMA BKRA SHIS CHOS 'PHEL — Author of bio. listed in BLP no. 0050.

Mkhan po KARMA BKRA SHIS 'OD ZER — Helped compose text in 239 XXX 257‑270.  Work in 239 IX. 

KARMA KHYAB BDAG —  =Grub mchog dbang po.

Mkhan rabs xi Ba le Rab 'byams pa KARMA MKHYEN BRTSE — Eleventh abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 628.

KARMA GAR DBANG CHOS SKYONG RDO RJE NGES DON PHRIN LAS RGYAL MTSHAN — 346 113.1. 

Zhwa phug Sprul sku KARMA GAR DBANG DON GRUB — At his behest Tshe dbang nor bu wrote down songs in 1728.  10 556‑560.

KARMA GU RU — A gter ma cycle of Bkra shis stobs rgyal (q.v.).  Chos rje Karma gu ru.  210 46.3.  Alias of Chos rgyal dbang po'i sde.  410 140A.6.  Dung dkar 26.  Alias of Byang bdag Bkra shis stobs rgyal.  Cuevas, Hidden History 147.

KARMA GO RA ṆA — Indian king.  See 5 325.3.

Rgyal tshab xii KARMA GRAGS PA BSTAN PA YAR 'PHEL — Alias Bstan 'dzin phrin las chos kyi nyi ma.  The present Rgyal tshab Rin po che.  35  I.  BD of T&TB VII 301‑302.

Btsun pa KARMA GRAGS PA YONGS 'DU — Mentioned in 78 9B.1.

Zhu KARMA GRUB SKYES — (b. 1948)  Lhagyal in Karmay, ed., New Horizons 466.

Gter ston KARMA GLING PA — (14th cent.)  He redisc. Zhi khro Dgongs pa Rang grol cycle at Sgam po Gdar.  16 37.  Comm. by Kong sprul in 12 V 99‑179.  BD of T&TB III 523.  Bio. 210 182.6 ff.  413 388.3.  217 388.7 ff.  Lived in 6th rab byung. 383 219.5.  410 124A.3.  411 288B.2.  His Zab chos Zhi khro Dgongs pa Rang grol in 87 IV 1‑281.  He was eldest son of Grub chen Nyi zla sangs rgyas from Sgam po.  Bio. in Cuevas, Hidden History 93, with discussion of the undecidable date of his birth.

KARMA DGE LEGS NGAG DBANG RAB RGYAS — 346 112.3.

KARMA DGE LEGS NGES DON PHUN TSHOGS — 346 100.4.

KARMA DGE LEGS RAB BRTAN — Evid. n. of a son of the Sa thang King, his name appears on an inscribed conch illus. in Precious Deposits III 231.

KARMA'I DGON PA — Built by Dus gsum mkhyen pa in 1186.  Dhongthog 120.  471 121.2.  A manuscript history of its abbots penned by Karma ratna: 'Og min Karma'i Gdan rabs Lo rgyus Khu byug Gzhon nu'i Mgrin glu, photocopied from library of Tashi Tsering (McLeod Ganj).  Its library was said to be the 3rd largest in Tibet.  Jackson, Patron 3.  Roberto Vitali in Rome in 2014 gave a paper "Karma'i dgon in Khams Zla smad: Its Foundation and Early Phases."

KARMA DGON GSAR — F. in 1503.  See Dung dkar 26.  Aka Thub bstan chos 'khor.

Dpal yul Mchog sprul KARMA 'GYUR MED — 383 472.1.

KARMA 'GRO DON MTHAR PHYIN — See Dri med gling pa. 

Khams KARMA'I RGE RU — See under Rge ru.

KARMA RGYAL MTSHAN — Head Lama of Sham tr'ak Mon. in Nepal.  Snellgrove, Asian Commitment 170.

Skyo brag KARMA RGYAL MTSHAN — Met Zhwa nag ix (1556‑1603).  Met Zhig po gling pa (1524‑1583).  Died at age 78.  Bio. 467 II 220.1.

Du si KARMA RGYAL MTSHAN — TS5 811.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD NGES DON BSTAN 'PHEL — 346 118.6.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD NGES DON BSTAN 'DZIN — 346 94.6.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD CHOS KYI NYI MA BLO GROS KUN KHYAB — 346 98.2.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD BSTAN DAR — 415 XI 121.3.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD BSTAN 'DZIN PHRIN LAS RNAM RGYAL — 346 114.6.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD PHRIN LAS BSTAN 'DZIN — 346 115.3.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD PHRIN LAS DPAL BZANG — 346 100.3.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD PHRIN LAS RAB RGYAS — 415 116.4.

Ri pa Karma Bag yod vii KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD 'PHRIN LAS RAB RGYAS — (1876‑1942)  His works have been published in 1994, in 1063 pp.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD BLO GROS RAB GSAL — 346 105.6.

KARMA SGRUB BRGYUD BLO GROS SENG GE — 346 99.6.

KARMA NGAG DBANG GRAGS PA MCHOG GRUB — (d. 1923)  346 104.6.

KARMA NGAG DBANG BSTAN 'DZIN RNAM RGYAL — 346 117.2.

KARMA NGAG DBANG YON TAN RGYA MTSHO 'PHRIN LAS KUN KHYAB DPAL BZANG PO — An ordination n. of Kong sprul.  23 55.

Li thang Spang phug Bla ma KARMA NGES DON — (circa 1839)  471 141.4.

KARMA NGES DON 'GYUR MED CHOS KYI DBANG PHYUG PHRIN LAS KUN KHYAB — 346 102.3.

KARMA NGES DON CHOS KYI SENG GE 'PHRIN LAS RNAM RGYAL — 346 98.6.

Sman Sdong Mtshams pa Rin po che KARMA NGES DON BSTAN RGYAS — Coll. works in 3 vols., publ. in 1975.  Cited by Kapstein in Soundings 371.  A biography and list of works has appeared in 'Bo dkar Sprul sku, Dpal ldan Bla ma'i Mdzad rnam Rags bsdus Mos ldan Yid kyi Sgron me zhes bya ba dang Gsung 'bum dkar chag bcas, Zhang zhung Rig gnas, inaugural issue (n.d.) 58‑61.  Here the full name is given as Stod Sman sdong Dgon gyi Mtshams pa Rin po che 7Karma nges don bstan rgyas smra ba'i seng ge dpal bzang po'i sde.

Zla bzang Sprul sku i KARMA NGES DON BSTAN PA RAB RGYAS — (1808‑1864)  Work in  239 XVII.  See Nges don bstan pa rab rgyas.

KARMA NGES DON BSTAN 'DZIN CHOS RGYAL — 346 109.1.

KARMA NGES DON BDE CHEN CHOS KYI SENG GE — 346 102.2.

KARMA NGES DON BDE CHEN RAB GSAL — 346 105.5.

KARMA NGES DON MDO SNGAGS BSTAN 'DZIN — 346 99.5.

KARMA NGES DON PHRIN LAS KUN KHYAB — 346 103.1.

KARMA NGES DON PHRIN LAS RNAM RGYAL — 346 113.6.

KARMA NGES DON BLO GROS SENG GE — 346 100.5.

KARMA NGES DON GZHAN PHAN 'OD ZER — 346 97.5.

KARMA NGES DON BSHAD SGRUB PHRIN LAS RAB RGYAS — 346 103.5.

Si tu Dbon KARMA NGES LEGS BSTAN 'DZIN — (b. 1770)  Aka Karma nges don bstan 'dzin 'phrin las rab rgyas  Author of astro. work in 105 q.v., which has been dated to 1732 (1792?); see Dung dkar 27.  Med. work, see DD 717. (See also, Smith, Washington Catalog [reel A3‑8].)  Sobisch, Dissert. chap. 12, has dealt with a few notes on his biography.  His early teachers were Karma pa Bdud 'dul rdo rje (1733‑1797), Si tu Paṇ chen Chos kyi 'byung gnas (1699/1700‑1774) and Kaḥ thog Rig 'dzin.  His disciples included Rdo rje grags pa, Rta mgrin mgon po and 'Tsho byed Tshul khrims 'od gsal.  Sobisch makes use of his unpublished work on the Three Vows:  Sdom gsum Rnam par Bstan pa Nyer mkho'i Bum bzang zhes bya ba Rang 'dra'i Rgyud la 'Tshams par 'Khril ba'i Bstan bcos.  Aka Karma rin chen nges don bstan 'dzin, Karma nges legs.  Bio. told in Dung dkar 26‑27, 41.  His birth is given as 1732 by Ehrhard in Lungta XIII (2000) 29.

Gnas mdo ba KARMA CHAGS MED — (17th cent.)  Alias Rā ga a sya (a somehow Sanskritic form of his name with which he often signed his works).  He is known for incorporating folklore and folk belief into Khams pa Buddhism.  42 7.  Rnying ma/Karma pa.  Bio. in 35 II 344‑347.  Gcod works in 36 IX; 233 273 ff.  Works in 6 vols. publ. in 1974.  He was a gter ston.  He tells his own literary history in 331 619‑39.  Disc. of Zhwa nag ix and Zhwa dmar vi.  12 IX 84.3 ff.  His chief residence was Gnas mdo.  See also Gnas mdo Bka' brgyud.  Lived in 10th rab byung.  383 220.6.  BD of T&TB IV 245.  410 211a.6.  His Rin chen Brtag Thabs, see DD 717.  Acc. to TS7 II 894, he lived from 1613 to 1678.  Bio. listed in BLP no. 1819: Ra ga a shye'i Rnam thar.  See Cuevas, Hidden History 153‑157.  His collected works have now been published in 60 vols.  Tables of contents have been published for these 60 vols. in a work entitled Rgyal ba Gnas mdo pa'i Bla brgyud dang Dam pa'i Chos kyi Byung ba Mdor bsdus Dwangs shel Me long (ca. 2011?), found together with the 60 volumes themselves in the collection of Josayma Tashi Tsering of the Amye Machen Institute.

KARMA CHAGS MED — Works: 

1. Zab mdo'i zin bris (1970).

2. Gnam chos Thugs kyi Gter kha Snyan brgyud Zab mo'i Skor las Bde chen Zhing gi Sgrub thabs 'Don cha (1970).

3. Rnam dag Bde chen Zhing gi Smon lam (1970)

4. Collected Works in 6 volumes (1973‑4).

Sprul sku KARMA CHOS SKYONG — Karma pa.  35 II 348.

Ma pham KARMA CHOS GRAGS RGYA MTSHO —  =(Zhwa nag vii) Chos grags rgya mtsho.

KARMA CHOS GRAGS BLO GROS RAB RGYAS PHRIN LAS — 346 126.1.

KARMA CHOS RGYAL — Author of Gso rig Man ngag Gces Btus Rin chen Gter Mdzod, publ. 1975.

Mkhan rabs x Dbon Go shri KARMA CHOS RGYAL — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 628.  Dbon Gu shri.  Jackson, Patron 102.

KARMA CHOS 'PHEL — See Mkhyen brtse klong grol.

KARMA CHOS KYI SENG GE DRI MED BLO GROS — 346 123.4.

KARMA 'JAM DBYANGS CHOS KYI RGYAL MTSHAN — 346 111.4.

KARMA 'JAM DBYANGS BLO GROS BSTAN 'PHEL — 346 111.6.

Mkhan rabs xii Chos rgyal Pho brang pa KARMA 'JIGS MED — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 628‑629.  Author of bio. of Dbang phyug rdo rje listed in BLP no. 1542.

KARMA 'JIGS MED CHOS KYI SENG GE NGES DON PHRIN LAS KUN KHYAB — 346 113.3.

Mkhan rabs XV KARMA NYI MA — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 630.

Hor KARMA NYI 'OD — (ca. 1839)  471 141.2.

KARMA RNYING — BA ii.

KARMA SNYAN BRGYUD — BD of T&TB VII 393.

KARMA SNYING THIG — Text revealed to Zhwa nag iii.  87 vol. 86.  Dung dkar 27.

KARMA BSTAN SKYONG — Of Gnyags family.  Took Gshis ka rtse in 1565 and supported the "Red sects."  Ferrari 144.  Sde pa Gtsang pa ruled in Gshis ka rtse from 1620 to 1642 when he was killed by soldiers of Gushri Khan.  Ferrari (ref. above) was confusing him with (Zhing bshag) Karma tshe brtan q.v.  Wylie 138, no. 209.  TPS 39‑66.  Aka Karma bstan skyong dbang po,  he was the king of Gtsang from 1621 to 1642.  210 123.1.  He composed the Khrims yig Zhal lce Bcu gsum (listed in BLP no. 0223) and the Khrims yig Zhal lce Bcu drug (no. 0225).  His bio. by Sangs rgyas rdo rje listed in BLP no. 1663. Thuken 379.

Sde pa KARMA BSTAN DRUNG — See Rdzong rtse Byams pa thub bstan's history of Bsam 'grub rtse, p. 12.

KARMA BSTAN PA'I NYIN BYED — Autobio. listed in BLP no. 0016.

KARMA BSTAN PA'I NYIN BYED GTSUG LAG CHOS KYI SNANG BA — Alias of (Si tu) Chos kyi 'byung gnas.

KARMA BSTAN PA MTHA' RGYAS — N. of Tshe dbang nor bu.  383 455.6.

KARMA BSTAN 'PHEL — The first Khams sprul Rin po che.  Schwieger in Kailash 18 (1996) 86 ff.

Bla ma KARMA BSTAN 'DZIN — (late 18th cent.?)  Came to Zangs dkar from Sde dge where he had been a disc. of Zhwa nag xiii (1733‑1797).  171 preface.  Bio. w/ coll. songs & instructions.  171 225‑299.

'Brang sprul KARMA BSTAN 'DZIN — 346 97.4.

Tre ho Sprul sku iii KARMA BSTAN 'DZIN DAR RGYAS — (1653‑1730/1).  =Tre ho Zhabs drung iii.  Bio. in 35 II 638‑664.  Jackson, Patron 32.

KARMA BSTAN 'DZIN 'PHRIN LAS — Bio. in 410 218B.2.

KARMA BSTAN 'DZIN PHRIN LAS RNAM RGYAL DPAL BZANG PO — (b. 1932)  Tenga Rinpoche.  Jackson, Patron 138.

Dpal spungs Dbon KARMA BSTAN 'DZIN 'PHRIN LAS RAB RGYAS — Med. works, see DD 717.

KARMA BSTAN 'DZIN BYANG CHUB NYI MA — Work in 239 XVI.

Gru tsha Sprul sku KARMA BSTAN 'DZIN RAB RGYAS — 346 97.1 ff.

Mkhan rabs XX Go shri KARMA BSTAN SRUNG — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 632.

KARMA BSTAN SRUNG DBANG PO — King of Gtsang who reigned until 1611.  See Dung dkar 29.

Tshab tsha Mkhan po KARMA THUB BSTAN — 346 149.6.

KARMA THUB BSTAN CHOS KYI SNANG BA — 415 XI 121.1.

KARMA THUB BSTAN SNYING PO RNAM PAR RGYAL BA'I SDE —  =Bstan 'dzin nor bu, q.v.

Dbon Rgan KARMA THEG MCHOG BSTAN 'PHEL — (d. 1842)  Participated in the ordination of Kong sprul.  23 55.

Mkhan rabs XVI KARMA THOS PA RGYA MTSHO — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  35 I 630‑631.

KARMA MTHA' YAS — A disc. of Karma nges legs bstan 'dzin.  Sobisch, Dissert. chap. 12.

KARMA MTHU STOBS RNAM RGYAL — Bio. note in Dung dkar 29.  Dates given as 1543‑1589 in  Cuevas, Hidden History 124.

Mkhan rabs xxiv Go shri KARMA DON GRUB SNYING PO — (1664‑?)  Bio. 35 I 633‑634.

KARMA DON DAM BSTAN PA'I RGYAL MTSHAN — 415 XI 119.4.

KARMA DRAG PO — "Dbu ru byang phyogs su skyes pa'i Rlangs rigs kyi Sngags ban."  Author in colophon found in 87 XXVI 621.3.

KARMA GDAN SA — Mon. f. in 1147.  16 33.

KARMA BDUD RTSI — Image in Rhies & Thurman 253.  Portrait bronze pictured in Oriental Art 46 no 2 (2000) 22.

Sga Lo tsā ba KARMA BDUD RTSI — 378 II contents page.

KARMA BDE CHEN DGA' BA'I YE SHES PHRIN LAS KUN KHYAB — 346 95.3.

KARMA BDE CHEN CHOS KYI SENG GE — 346 95.5.

KARMA BDE CHEN PHRIN LAS RNAM RGYAL — 346 128.4.

Mkhan rabs xxii KARMA BDE MCHOG — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 632.

Mkhan po KARMA BDE LEGS PA — (recent)  348 211.6.

KARMA MDO SNGAGS BSTAN 'DZIN CHOS KYI NYI MA — 349 99.3.

KARMA MDO SNGAGS LEGS BSHAD SGRA DBYANGS — 346 114.3.

KARMA MDO SNGAGS BSHAD SGRUB BSTAN 'DZIN — 346 102.5.

KARMA MDO SNGAGS BSHAD SGRUB PHRIN LAS KUN KHYAB — 346 104.3.

KARMA RDO RJE — David‑Neel, Magic & Mystery 184.

KARMA RDO RJE — "Dpon bla'i gdung sras."  Nomads 31.

KARMA RDO RJE — A contemporary 'Brug pa lama.  CFMS 13.

Khu nu Bya bral KARMA RDO RJE — 129 V 341.3.

Grub thob KARMA NOR BU — Teacher of Kong sprul.  470 8.

Mkhan rabs XVII KARMA GNAS BRTAN — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 631.

Mkhan rabs xviii Ding ri ba KARMA RNAM GROL MCHOG GI SDE — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  35 I 632‑633.

KARMA RNAM RGYAL — Student of Mchog gyur gling pa, author of 233 416‑420.

KARMA PA — See Karma Bka' brgyud, OR Kaṃ tshang, OR Zhwa nag & Zhwa dmar & Si tu & Dpa' bo incarnates who may all be called "Karma pa," even though "the Karmapa" has come to mean the Zhwa nag only.  F. by Dus gsum mkhyen pa (q.v.).  TPS 91.  BA 473 ff. Waddell 66‑67.  The seal of the Karma pa is illus. in Precious Deposits III 197‑9.

KARMA PA NO MON HAN — Someone by this name was apparently a near‑convert of the Capuchins in Lhasa in early 18th century.  See Engelhardt, Between 70.

Zhwa nag ii KARMA PAG SHI — (1204‑1283, 1206‑1282?)  His birth n. was Chos 'dzin.  Ordination n., Chos kyi bla ma.  One of his nicknames is explained by the fact that he wore 'sideburns'.  Bio. by Zhwa dmar ii in 121 II 1‑87.  Autobio. works in 170 1‑136.  Bio. 35 I 75‑159.  57 II B 360.4.  Huth 136‑7.  BA 485 ff.  TPS 682.  Ferrari 169.  17 II 533.1 ff.  Beyer 418‑419.

KARMA PAKSHI — Biographical sources, see TS5 748.  Kuijp in CAJ (1995) 280, dates him to 1204/06‑1283.  Portrait sculpture in Weldon & Singer, Sculptural Heritage 166‑167.  Depiction in Essen & Tingo, Die Götter des Himalayas 113 and especially 145. Dung dkar 30‑31.

KARMA DPAL — (16th cent.)  Mongol in Tibet.  TS5 741, 745.

KARMA PHUG — 116 309.3.

KARMA PHUN TSHOGS — Medicine teacher of Kong sprul.  23 29;  471 104.5.

Mkhan rabs V Chos rje KARMA PHUN TSHOGS — 5th abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 625‑626.

KARMA PHUN TSHOGS RNAM RGYAL — King of Gtsang, reigned from 1611 to 1621.  Patron of Yol mo ba iii.  Has title of Sde srid Gtsang pa, or Gtsang Rgyal po.  373 preface.  Schwieger in Kailash 18 (1996) 102.  Called Karma phun tshogs phyogs las rnam rgyal in Dung dkar 40, where his dates are given as 1550‑1620 (he died of smallpox or epileptic fit).

KARMA PHRIN LAS — Bio. by Karma mi bskyod bzang po listed in BLP no. 0017.

KARMA 'PHRIN LAS — (1456‑1539)  Work on Vinaya vows publ. in 1977.  He is known by the names Karma 'phrin las phyogs las rnam rgyal, Dpal sgang Lo tsā ba, and Karma 'phrin las ii.  Bio. in Dung dkar 40‑41 (with a list of his more famous works, as well as ref. to a manuscript biography in 20 fols.).  Smith, Philology appendix II, gives his name as Dpal khang Chos mdzad Lo tsā ba Karma phrin las, and his literary name as Ngag dbang chos kyi rgya mtsho dbyangs can snyems pa'i sde; says he was a student of the Zhwa nag Karma pa Mi bskyod rdo rje.  Apparently he is depicted as a teacher of the Zhwa dmar v in Jackson, Patron 207.

KARMA 'PHRIN LAS — (modern)  Aziz 19.

KARMA 'PHRIN LAS RIN PO CHE — (b. 1975)  B. Ananda Massaubre, son of a French politician. Sometimes also known as Ananda Trinlay Massaubre.  He was recognized by the late Karmapa as the 5th incarnation of the Karma 'phrin las pa.

KARMA 'PHRIN LAS II —  =(Dpal ston Lo tshā) Ngag dbang chos kyi rgyal po, q.v.

Mkhan rabs XIX KARMA PHRIN LAS iii — (1631‑1700?)  Abbot of Yangs pa can.  35 I 631‑632.

KARMA 'PHRIN LAS iv — B. in E Tibet, trained in the Bka' brgyud school. He was recognized as the 4th incarnation of the Karma 'phrin las by the late Karma pa.  He has been especially active in the Toronto area, and is building a new monastery close to Bodhanath in Nepal.  Author of H of SK of T.

Gcod Sprul KARMA PHRIN LAS DGE LEGS — 346 125.2.

KARMA 'PHRIN LAS PA — (1456‑1539)  Karma pa.  He was born in eastern Gtsang to the house of Dpal khang.  His paternal lineage was Dgyer.  He was paternal nephew of the 2nd abbot of Na lendra Mon., Bkra shis rnam rgyal (1399‑1458).  His songs and answers to inquiries publ. in 1975.  Sometimes his name is given as Karma 'phrin las pa Phyogs las rnam rgyal.  Bio. in 35 I 649‑654.  Full n. is Karma phrin las pa dpal phyogs thams cad las rnam par rgyal ba'i lha.  Sometimes called himself Dwags po Paṇ chen Gsum pa.  Kuijp in BIS I (1985) 96.  A brief resumé of his life and works appears near the end of a forthcoming paper by L. van der Kuijp on the authorship of the Blue Annals (in the colophon to the latter, his name is given as Shar Dwags po pa Dpal phyogs thams cad las rnam par rgyal ba'i lha; one of his other aliases being Dwags po Paṇ chen iii).

KARMA 'PHRIN LAS RAB BRTAN — 346 123.6.

'Dzi sgar viii KARMA 'PHRIN LAS SHING RTA NGES DON KUN KHYAB —  =(Rig 'dzin) Lha mchog rdo rje, q.v.

KARMA BADZRA — Karmavajra, in Tib., Las kyi rdo rje.  An Indian pundit invited to Tibet by Zangs dkar Gzhon nu tshul khrims in the early 11th century.

KARMA BAG YOD — See Ri pa Karma Bag yod.

KARMA BI DZA — Of the Smyos clan.  453 237.3.

KARMA BYANG CHUB ZLA BA'I 'OD ZER — 415 XI 122.2.

KARMA BLO GROS NGAG DBANG RAB RGYAS — 346 110.3.

KARMA BLO GROS NGES DON BSTAN 'DZIN SENG GE — 346 105.3.

KARMA BLO GROS CHOS DPAL BZANG PO PHRIN LAS RNAM RGYAL — 346 112.1.

KARMA BLO GROS BSTAN PA RAB RGYAS — 346 111.1.

KARMA BLO BZANG — Subject of a bio., title listed by Mathes in  JNRC 12 (2001) 186.  At least two versions are in NGMPP, reel nos. L966/2 and L1013/1.

A lags KARMA DBANG 'DZIN — A 'das log.  404.  For sources on this figure, see Epstein in TJ 7 no 4 (Wint 1982) 79.  See also St. Petersburg collection, no. B9217/6.

Ku sā li KARMA 'BYOR LDAN — Teacher of Gter bdag gling pa.  458 I 328.2.

KARMA MA LE — Tantra in 320 XVII 470 ff.  348 34.4.

KARMA MI BSKYOD BZANG PO — Author of bio. of Karma phrin las listed in BLP no. 0017.

KARMA MI 'GYUR RDO RJE — (fl. ca. 1650) Abbot of Zab bu lung & author of 210.  See Mi 'gyur rdo rje (?).  =Karma mi 'gyur dbang rgyal.

KARMA MI PHAM MGON PO — Answers to his questions in 226 IV 155‑320.

KARMA MI PHAM BSOD NAMS RAB BRTAN — (1587‑1646/7).  Took throne of 'Jang in 1597.

Se bon KARMA MU PHYO — 253 II 221.1. Se bon Skar ma mu cho.  ZZFC 237.

Dmar ril ba Grub thob KARMA BRTSON 'GRUS — 363 116.1.

Mkhan rabs viii Chos rje KARMA TSHUL KHRIMS — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  35 I 627.

Ri mgul Sprul ming KARMA TSHUL KHRIMS 'GYUR MED PHRIN LAS — (b. 1952)  Author of a book of Tibetan folk tales, Bod kyi gna' ba'i shod sgrung, publ. in Gangtok in 60 pp.  For bio. and photo, see Rigpawiki on internet, under "Ringu Tulku Rinpoche."  His book on the history of Ris med has been translated into English and published.

Mkhan rabs xiii KARMA TSHUL KHRIMS PHYI MA — (Phyi ma means 'the later')  Abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 629.

Ri pa KARMA TSHE MCHOG — (Ri pa means 'retreatant')  Teacher of Gter bdag gling pa.  458 I 328.2.

Zhing bshag KARMA TSHE BRTAN — In 1565 he conquered the manor (Gzhis ka) of Bsam grub rtse, taking over the rule of Gtsang province from the Phag mo gru dynasty.  Wylie 138, n. 209. 

Ras chung Bla ma KARMA TSHE DPAL — (d. ca. 1928)  Wrote commentary on Spyod 'jug.  42 11.

Rje KARMA TSHE DBANG — (1887‑1957)  Rnying ma pa.  Bio. in BD of T&TB IV 555.

KARMA TSHE DBANG KUN KHYAB — Evid. the same as 'Be lo Tshe dbang kun khyab, he is given as editor of a collection of Sa skya biographies in BLP no. 1979.

KARMA TSHE DBANG KUN KHYAB NGES DON BSTAN 'PHEL — Full n. of (Be lo) Tshe dbang kun khyab, q.v.

Chags med Sprul sku V KARMA TSHE DBANG KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — Work in 239 XI.  Prob. the Chags med mentioned in BD of T&TB VII 271.

Mdo khams smad Spom rags KARMA TSHE DBANG DPAL 'BAR — (first half of 19th cent.)  Works in 378 II.

Sngags rams pa KARMA TSHOGS GNYIS — (ca. 1668)  458 I 101.6.

Zur mang Mkhan po KARMA TSHOGS GNYIS RGYA MTSHO — Author of Grub dbang Bde chen rdo rje'i Rnam thar Bsam gyis Mi Khyab pa las Sa bon Tsam Spel ba Zhing khams Rgya mtsho'i Rgyan,  the bio. of (Dpal me) Mkhyen brtse kun bzang 'gro 'dul, publ. in 1974.  341.  He wrote this in 1945‑1948.  He was a wellknown abbot of Zur mang Mon.  Alias: Mtsho byung dgyes pa'i blo gros sgra dbyangs rgya mtsho'i zla ba.

KARMA GZHAN PHAN 'OD ZER — Successor of (Mchog gzigs) Karma lhag mthong in the Jo nang pa lugs (q.v.), no. 29.

KARMA ZLA GRAGS — (modern)  415 XI 81.5.

KARMA BZANG PO — 210 121.6.

KARMA BZOD PA RAB BRTAN DPAL BZANG PO —  =Bkra shis 'od zer (1836‑1910), q.v.

Khyung po Dge bshes KARMA 'OD ZER — 346 49.3.

KARMA'I YANG DGON — BA 514.  Mon.

Skyo brag KARMA YE SHES — Met Zhwa nag ix (1556‑1603).  Bio. in 467 II 222 ff.

Ldan KARMA YE SHES — 365 434.2.

KAR MA YO LDE — Lde'u2 101.

KARMA YON TAN RGYA MTSHO — 363 121.1.

KARMA YON TAN SGRUB BRGYUD BSTAN 'DZIN — 346 97.6.

Hor dpon KARMA G.YUL RGYAL — TS5 749.

KARMA RANG BYUNG KUN KHYAB 'PHRIN LAS — Called "Khenpo Kalu."  Author of Gling Ge sar Skyes bu'i Rnam thar las Dbus 'Chi bdag Cham la Phab pa'i Blo rgyus (sic!) in 2 vols. (1975). 

'Og min KARMA RATNA — Evid. a pl.n. (? But see following entry.)  239 IV contents page.

Mkhan po KARMA RATNA — (recent)  Author of texts in 239 XXX 69‑73, 419‑422, 427‑443, 507‑14.  Author of works (in 1893) in 239 viii.  Prob. =Karma rin chen.  Author of a history of Karma Mon.

'O phug KARMA RAB RGYAS — Author of Mkhas pa'i Rgyan, a grammatical work.  Das 183.

Mkhan rabs XXI KARMA RAB 'BYOR — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 632.

KARMA RI GLING — One of the chief headquarters (gdan sa) of the Karma pa school.  46 59.  12 IX 85.3.

KARMA RIG 'DZIN — 210 122.6.

Che tshang vi KARMA RIG 'DZIN — Teacher of Tshe dbang nor bu.  384 III contents.

KARMA RIG 'DZIN RNAM PAR RGYAL BA — Alias of (Rtse le) Sna tshogs rang grol, q.v.

KARMA RIN CHEN — ?  Reconstructed from Jialinzhen.  Kuijp in TH&L 306.

Dbon sprul KARMA RIN CHEN — Jackson, Patron 221.  I think this must be the nephew of Si tu; see just below.

Sa tham Lha btsun KARMA RIN CHEN — Karma pa.  Bio. in 35 II 348.  Disc. of Zhwa nag x.  An artist.  23 40.  His very remarkable silver portrait of the Karma pa ix, made in 1601, is illustrated in Heller, Tibetan Art 188, as well as in P. Pal et al., Tibet: Tradition & Change, The Albuquerque Museum (Albuquerque 1998) 64‑65 (plate 32), where it is said to have been made in 1598 at order of king Bkra shis phun tshogs. For more about him, see Yamada, Mu 124, which says he was the youngest son of the Dharma King Bsod nams rab brtan.

KARMA RIN CHEN NGES DON BSTAN 'DZIN — A skilled astrologer, nephew of Si tu Chos kyi 'byung gnas.  Named Karma nges legs.  Dung dkar 41.  Composed astro. work in 1732.

Mkhan po KARMA RIN CHEN DAR RGYAS — Work in 239 IV, X.  Work (from 1870) in 239 VII.  Work (from 1875) in 239 VIII.  Probably same as Karma ratna.

KARMA RIN CHEN 'PHRIN LAS RGYAL MTSHAN — Author of the short work in 137 571‑580.

Phur pa KARMA LAS KYI RGYUD — Tantra in 320 XXVII 351 ff.

KARMA LI SHI'I MCHOD RTEN — A chorten in Lanzhou.  Some believe Karma Pakshi's remains are there.  Thuken 373.

Ro snyoms Sprul sku vi KARMA LUNG RIGS ZLA BA — 346 101.2.

KARMA LEGS BSHAD NGES DON BSTAN 'DZIN — 346 104.1.

KARMA LEGS BSHAD NGES DON PHUN TSHOGS — 346 97.5.

KARMA SHA TA KAM — Vinaya work discussed in Dung dkar 41.

KARMA SHAG — N. of a house in eastern Lhasa, named so because some of the Karma pas stayed there.  Is it the same as Karma shar, the protector temple?  See Alexander, Temples 183.

KARMA BSHAD SGRUB CHOS KYI ZLA BA DRI MA MED PA'I DPAL — 415 XI 127.2.

Mi nyag Gangs dkar KARMA BSHAD SGRUB CHOS KYI SENG GE — A famous Karma pa.  According to a Dagchen Rinpoche interview, this person was his main teacher of Bka' brgyud subjects.

KARMA BSHAD SGRUB BSTAN PA'I RGYAL MTSHAN PHRIN LAS KUN KHYAB — 346 103.3.  This is the novice ordination name of Sangs rgyas mnyan pa IX.  See following.

Sangs rgyas mnyan pa IX KARMA BSHAD SGRUB BSTAN PA'I NYI MA — (1897‑1962)  See 419.  Bkra shis dpal 'byor, Sangs rgyas gnyan sprul Dgu pa'i Rnam thar Mdor bsdus Dad pa'i Sa bon, publ. in Gangtok, 44 pages in short format (LTWA KA 3/32/2079).  At his tulku recognition he was named Karma dge legs grub pa'i nyi ma phrin las 'od zer kun khyab.  His novice ordination n. was Karma bshad sgrub bstan pa'i nyi ma phrin las kun khyab.  His bodhisattva vow name was Rgyal sras 'jam dbyangs blo gros phrin las rab rgyas.

KARMA BSHAD SGRUB PHRIN LAS BSTAN 'DZIN — 346 122.4.

KARMA SANGS RGYAS CHOS 'PHEL —  =Karma sangs rgyas chos 'phel rgya mtsho.  Alias Padma dri med blo gros gzhan phan chos kyi snang ba, q.v.  Author of work (in 1866) in 239 XXX 215‑229, and also in vols. III and XXIII of the same.

KARMA SRI THAR — 420 I 66.5.

Dwags po Sgo pa Zhal ngo KARMA SRID BRAL —  =Sgo smyon.  A famous Karma pa artist, and attendant of the (Dwags po) Sgo pa.  35 II 65.  23 40, 51.

KARMA GSANG SNGAGS RNAL 'BYOR — 210 122.5.  458 I 327.5.

KARMA GSAL BYED — Karma gsal byed Rnam thar Dad pa'i Gsal 'debs, title listed in BLP no. no. 0020.

KARMA BSAM GRUB —  =Mi 'gyur rdo rje drag po nus ldan rtsal, q.v.

'Bri gung 'Pho lung pa KARMA BSAM GRUB — Of Bar khams.  Cuevas, Hidden History 185.

Lho brag Lha lung Mkhan po KARMA BSAM 'GRUB — Author of med. work mentioned in DD 716.

Zur Bla ma KARMA BSAM GTAN — 346 150.1.  =(Gling khog pa) Kar bsam.  363 125.3.

Dam pa KARMA BSOD NAMS RNAM RGYAL — (fl. 1767)  Jackson, Patron 16.

KARMA BSLAB GSUM RGYA MTSHO — Ordination n. of Tre ho II Dpag bsam dbang po.

Mkhan po KARMA LHA — Work in 239 VIII.

KARMA LHA MDZES — BD of T&TB III 281.

Mchog gzigs KARMA LHAG MTHONG — Successor of (Grub mchog) Bka' brgyud bstan 'dzin in the Jo nang pa lugs (q.v.), no. 28.

Khyung po Rgyal ston Rin po che KARMA O RGYAN 'JIGS MED CHOS KYI SENG GE — (1908‑1970)  Aka Bla ma Gsal stong Shwa sgom (i.e., Sho sgom, Shor sgom).  A Bka' brgyud teacher originally from Khams who stayed at the Palace Monastery in Sikkim, sent there by the Karmapa.  A substantial biographical sketch, with a photo, may be found under "Gyaltön Rinpoche" at the Rigpawiki on the internet. More still in a book on Tibetan Lamas of Sikkim written in Tibetan by Tshul khrims rgya mtsho.

KAR MO DGON — 363 120.4.

KAR TSA — See (— —) Bsod nams blo gros.

KAR SHOD — In Khams.  23 45‑46.  See Dkar shod?

KAR SHOD GONG DGON — Vai.Ser. 261.

KAR SRAS KONG SPRUL — See (— — — —) 'Jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i 'od zer.

KAR SRID PA — An important family in Kong po.  See discussion in Dung dkar 45.

KAL RGYUD — Branch of 'Gos family.  73 415.2 ff.

KAS DKAR — Evid., =Kashgar.  Probably it is the principle town of what is called Shu lig in Tibetan sources.  See 82 91.

Dur khrod Chen po KI KA'I TSHAL — Cemetery visited by Ḍing gi pa.  It was here that Ti lo pa met him...  Must be equivalent to Kī li kī lir Sgra sgrog, q.v.  24 I 51.6.

KI KA RI PA — See Kaṃ ka ri pa.

KI KANG ROG TI — In title found in 320 XXXIII 249.

KI MA — ?  See Rdo rje ki ma.

KI 'ANG SI —  =Ko'ang shis.  Translator in time of Qianlong Emperor.  Dung dkar 51‑52.

KI'U LANG — Kancheng (see Kham sheng / Kam sheng) in Ch.  See Rong in JAH 49 (2015) 169.

KI YA HA SHANG — See Kim Hwa shang.

KI YO'U MIN — Ch. Jiaomen, 'explanatory/exegetical lineage'.  Thuken 366.

KI RA TA — Kirāta.  A people in Nepal.  See Das 160, under Khyi ra pa.

KI RA BA LA — Mahāsiddha.  See Kir ba la.  BD of T&TB I 746‑747.

KI RI LI — Pl. visited by Ti lo pa.  See Ko ri li.  116 44.5.  234 I B 23.5.

KI LA PA — See Ki li ki la.

KĪ LA YA — Picture in 128 1120.  Another picture in 320 XXIX 2.

Bla ma Drag po KĪ LA YA — A bsnyen thabs (retreat method) by Padma dkar po commented on in 452 341‑399.

KI LI KI LI — Mahāsiddha.  Also, Ki la pa.  Tib.: Ku co can, 'Noisey'.  =Ka la ka ba.  Bio. in 120 166‑168.  BD of T&TB I 738‑739.

KĪ LI KĪ LIR SGRA SGROG — One of the 'eight great cemeteries'.  Das 630.

Rgyal po KI LI BYI — 472 130.1.

KI LUNG — A monastery f. by 'Jigs med ngo mtshar, a disciple of 'Jigs med gling pa, in Rdza chu kha.  The full name seems to be Kiḥ lung dgon 'Og min rig 'dzin 'phel rgyas gling.

KING NAN — Jiangnan, a place in southern China important in the account of the introduction of Buddhism to China.  Thuken 355, 362.

KING ṢHI TSUN CE — Venerable One of Jingqi (711‑782).  Thuken 362.

KIM HWA SHANG — Sba Sang shi ta met this probably Korean monk in China (identified as the 3rd prince of Korea [680‑756] by Kawaguchi).  See Jampa Samten Shastri, Origins of the Tibetan Canon 763.  Khangkar also wrote a chapter about him in his history of the Snga dar.  See Dung dkar 53, aka Ki ya Hā shang, Nyi ma Hā shang.  In Ch. called Jin Heshang.  Kapstein, Assimilation 71 ff.

KIM HUN — Kim hun Shen shi, Kim hu.  Kapstein, Assimilation 72.

KIṢMI RA — Kashmir.  17 II 250.6.

KING KANG GNYIS — From Chinese "Kin Kang" for 'Vajra'.  N. of a Ḍākinī whose image was on middle floor of the principle building of Bsam yas.  KTDN B XI 51B.4.  But, see Das (and above) under Kang dang King.  Laufer, Loan Words 524.

KING KA RA — Skt. for 'robber' (and still other meanings).  Dung dkar 45.

KING CAN HUR — Also, Kun cang hur, Kun cang hu, Kin cang, King cang.  Names for Chang‑an (Khrang an).  Dung dkar 45.  Apparently Chang-an is the Rgya yul Gying byang hur mentioned in HS XXXVI 400.2.

KIN BYANG HU — Chin ch'eng fu.  BA 54.

KIRTI — See (— —) Blo bzang 'phrin las.

Bi dza ya KĪ RTI — Khotanese king.  Emmerick.

KIRTI DGON — History told in Dung dkar 50.  It was founded by the Kirti Sprul sku V in 1748, when it was named Rnam rgyal bde chen gling. 

KIRTI PAṆḌI TA — A pundit of about early 13th cent., listed with no further info. given in Mtshan tho no. 120.

KIRTI SPRUL SKU — See (— — — —) Blo bzang bstan 'dzin 'jigs med ye shes rgya mtsho (b. 1942).  Biographies in BLP nos. 0021‑0024.  Author of bio. of Dge 'dun chos 'phel listed in BLP no. 0449.  Incarnates listed in Dung dkar 45‑51:

1. Dge 'dun rgyal mtshan (1374‑1450).

2. Bstan pa rin chen (1474‑1558).

3. Bstan pa rab rgyas (1564‑1643).

4. Blo bzang 'jam dbyangs (1656‑1708).

5. Blo bzang bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan (1712‑1771).

6. Dge 'dun chos kyi dbang phyug (1773‑1796).

7. Kun dga' chos 'phags thub bstan nyi ma (1797‑1748).

8. Blo bzang 'phrin las bstan pa rgya mtsho (1850‑1905).

9. Bskal bzang blo gros kun dga' lung rtogs rgya mtsho (1905‑1919).

10. Ngag dbang blo bzang bstan pa tshe ring (1919‑1939).

11. Blo bzang bstan 'dzin 'jigs med ye shes rgya mtsho (1942‑present).

KĪ RTI PHA LA — Newari artist.  17 IV 146.2.

KIRTI BA DZRA — Author of a ms. entitled Jo bo Yab sras Sprod pa'i Skyes bu'i Bstan rtsis (or, Jo bo Yab sras las 'Phros pa'i Skyes bu Dam pa 'Ga' zhig gi Byon pa'i Tshul Bstan rtsis, manuscript cited by Vitali in his Tho ling book.  Vitali dates him to the 15th cent.  Perhaps the Tibetan name Grags pa rdo rje is hidden here?

KIR RNA — See (— —) Gzhon nu 'byung ldan.

KIR BA LA — Mahāsiddha.  Also, Kir pā la pa.  Tib.: G.yengs byed zhabs, or Sna tshogs sngags pa.  Bio. 120 174‑176.  A king who plundered neighboring kingdoms, but once felt remorse when, on one expedition, he heard the laments of the women who had been abandoned by their husbands on the approach of his army.  He decided to practice religion.  A yogi came who instructed him in the Four Immeasurables and initiated him into Cakrasamvara.  =Ki ra ba la in BD of T&TB I 746.

KIR MI RI — Derge vol. 77, p. 276.1.

Sa bdag KU KU — Vai.Kar. II 307.

Lce KU KU RA TSA — Translator in colophons in 320 XXIII 323.1, XXIV 328.4, XXVII 256.5.

KU KU RA DZA — 132 48.1, 55.2 ff, 81.3 ff.  Also called Khyi yi Rgyal po Snga ma (The Earlier Dog King).  Picture in 320 VII 583.  Teacher of Rgyal po Dza.  BD of T&TB I 157, 257‑262, 952, 954.  Also called Ku tā ra dza.  Kværne, Mongols 101.  Secret name: Rdo rje bde mchog rtsal.  413 59.3, 61.5.  Pundit in W India.  413 97.2.  See Dung dkar.

KU KU RA DZA BAR MA — 'The Middle Kukurāja'.  Son of King Be ta.  413 146.6.

KU KU RA DZA PHYI MA — 'The Later Kukurāja'.  BD of T&TB I 256.  413 149.3.

KU KU RI PA — Mahāsiddha.  Pictured with dogs in 128 25A.  Hoffmann, Religions 149.  5 60.3.  Revealed the Mahāmāyā Tantra.  211 43.2.  Tib.: Khyi mo can zhabs.  242 III 267.1.  Bio. in 120 98.15‑100.11, 161.13.  Thangka illustrated in Christie's New York catalogue (March 2000), no. 141.

KU CO CAN — See Ki li ki li.

KU COR — Clan name.  Kuijp in TH&L 298.

KU COR — Pl. in Tibet.  Das 17.

KU COR RTOGS LDAN — 17 IV 449.4.  Author of bio. of Tsong kha pa listed in BLP no. 0912.

KU COR RTOGS LDAN — See (— — — —) Sangs rgyas dpal bzang.

Rig 'dzin KUNYDZA RA — 413 137.3.

KU ṬA'I GRONG — Kuṭigrāma.  Li, NBA.

KU TĀ RA DZA — N. of (Rgyal po) Ku ku ra dza.  BD of T&TB I 257.

Mtsho KU TRA — In O rgyan.  132 41.4, 110.6.

KU THANG — Ku thang gi Phug pa.  4 39A.1.  Ku thang gi Sngags pa.  4 41B.2, 44A.3.  Ku thang gi Brag skya Rdo rje rdzong.  4 102A.3, 106B.6.  See Sku thang.  TS7 I 146, etc.

KU THANG SPRUL SKU — See (— — — —) Ting 'dzin dbang thob.

KU NA — N. of a king.  Emmerick.

Btsun pa KU NA LA — BD of T&TB I 1000. TPS 496.  Son of Aśoka.  Dung dkar 54.

KU NE RA DZA — Kværne, Mongols 102.

KU PA JA — BA 369.

KU PA TSA — Mahāsiddha.  Pictured in 128 57A.

KU SPYI SER BZHI — Karmay, Confucius 576.  Stein in McKay, History of Tibet I 563.

KU BA TSHAL — In India near Kha sar pa ṇi.  17 II 395.1.

KU BA DZA — Forest near Bodhgaya.  413 397.4.

Rdzu 'phrul gyi Lha KU BYI MANG SKE —  =Ku bya mang ke.  There are other possible spellings, and one should note the similarity of Khu byung ma skye.  One of the Mgon po rnam gsum (the three Lords, protectors) of Mt. Ti se.  Tucci, Religions 220, 243.  283 preface.  Karmay, Confucius 576.  485 II 14.6.  Bellezza, Divine Dyads 298 etc.

Slob dpon KU MA TI — BD of T&TB I 305. 

Kha che'i Yul  KU MA NA — 413 73.6.

KU MA RA — Mahāsiddha.  Pictured in 128 42.

KU MA RA — A pundit listed, without further info., in Mtshan tho no. 107.

Rig 'dzin KU MĀ RA — 17 IV 475.5.  =Ku ma ra tsa.  17 492.5.  Teacher of Klong chen pa.  Bio. by 'Jigs med gling pa listed in BLP no. 1850.  Teacher of Me long rdo rje (1243‑1303).

KU MĀ RĀ KṢE TRA — City in O ḍi bi sha.  BD of T&TB I 403.

Ra sangs KU MA RA TSA — 248 15.6.

KU MA RA DZA — See Gzhon nu rgyal po.

Rig 'dzin KU MA RĀ DZA — 210 231.1.  See above.  Rig 'dzin Ku mā ra dza'i Rnam thar, by Bi ma[ la] mi tra, listed in BLP no. 1849.

Bram ze KU MA RA LI LA —  =Gzhon nu rol pa.  BD of T&TB I 453.

KU MA RA SHRĪ — (344‑412)  Indian translator in China.  488 466.2 ff.  His story told in Dung dkar 55.

G.yog mo KU MĀ RĪ CHU LEN — Perhaps not a proper name.  See 87 I 18.1.

KU MA RI PA — Tib.: Rdza mkhan, 'potter'.  See Kum bha ri pa.

Rgyal po KU MA SHA DU LA — 132 109.3.

Gu ru KU TSI PA — Mahāsiddha.  Tib.: Ku ba, or Skur po zhabs, or Ltag wa can ('goitered').  His guru was Klu sgrub who taught him to use the growth of his goiter as an aide in his sādhana.  BD of T&TB I 686‑687.

KU YUNG SGANGS — BA 617.

KU RA — See (— —) Dge 'dun seng ge.

KU RINGS SDE LNGA — Dung dkar 55.

KU RU — A region of north India, in Tibetan the name means sgra ngan and sgra mi snyan.  Dung dkar 55.

KU RU KU LLA — BA 869.  Beyer, index.  N. of a mt. BD of T&TB I 852.

KU RU KU LLA PA — Kurukullaka.  =Sa sgrags ris kyi sde. 

KU RU KULLE'I SGRUB THABS — 145 IV 55B.6 ff.  5‑diety, 349 XVI 144‑184.  374 I 554 ff.  Iconographical information in Dung dkar 55‑56.

KU RU KULLE PA — A splinter group in the early Buddhist community, so called because they stayed at Ku ru kulle'i Brag phug.  Dung dkar 56.

KU RU KULLE'I RI PHUG — 24 I 73.1, 75.3.

KU RU CHU — In Bhutan.  ISTS 20, n. 19.

KU RU BI HA RA — BA 1032.

KU RU LUNG — Pl.n.  BA 679.  (Mon) Ku ru lung, 5 200.1.

KU LA GANGS RI — N. of a mt. in Bhutan, where it is the highest, at 24,740 feet.  See Goldstein, Grammar 365.

KU LA THANG LHA — KTDN 59.6.

KU LA SHAM BU — BA 679.

KU LA HA RI — See under Phu la ha ri.

Paṇḍi ta KU LI SHA SHEṢTHA — BD of T&TB I 453.

KU LU — See (— —) Ma na li.

KU LU TA — In Apte, Sanskrit Dictionary, appendix III.  115 43.4.  Kulūta is valley of river Byas (Bias/Beas) in uppermost part.  Now called Kulu (in Kangra district).  The Kulinda people lived there.  Its capital, Nagarkot.  It has a famous pilgrimage place called Trailoknath by Hindus.  Hsüan‑tsang passed through a "Kuluto."  (Hoffmann)  In the NW.  BD of T&TB X 11.14, 27.10 ff.  BD of T&TB I 872.  Called Sa 'og na spyod pa'i gnas.  See Dung dkar.  The people of its neighbor Mnga' ris consider it to be a part of Nyung rda'i Yul.

KU LUNG — BA 621.  Ku lung Btsan Bzhi.  KTDN 60.1.  377 53B.1.

KU LO — N. of a magician.  Beyer 320.

KU SHA — As a name for the Kushans, it occurs in the Mahārājakanikalekha.

KU SHA KA — Pl. in India.  87 I 89.3.

KU SHA NA — Dung dkar 57.

KU SHA'I TSHAL — In back of Bodhgaya.  BD of T&TB I 547.

KU SHA LA GU THUG RGYAL PO — Dung dkar 57‑58.

Blon po KU SHA LA NĀ THA — BD of T&TB I 446.

KU SHI LDAN — BA 15.

Mdo gam KU SA GLU MKHAR — LPNT VII 329.

KU SA MA PU RI'I GTSUG LAG KHANG — 413 73.5.

KU SA SMAD MDO — LPNT VII 284.

KU SA SMAN PA — Alchemical work in 87 XLVIII.  =(Khu tsha) Zla 'od (q.v.) acc. to 258 III preface and IV preface.  253  II 192.5 ff.  Kværne, Canon 39 (n. 116).  =Padma skyabs.  Blondeau 117 etc.  See Sku tsha Ston pa.

KU SA RA — Indian teacher invited by Srong btsan sgam po.  17 II 318.5.  BD of T&TB I 432.  Slob dpon Ku sa ra.  Mtshan tho no. 1.  MKB 437.

KU SA LA BHA DRA — In lineage contained in BD of T&TB I 248, 800‑804.  Studied Shaivite magic in Kamarupa which he then used against the Shaivites.  He reflected that this magic was only a mirage‑like projection and did nothing real.  Met Ḍom bi pa (the later) and Nag po spyod pa. 

KU SA LI —  =Ku su lu, etc.  Discussed in BBNP 470.

KU SA LI — ?  Pictured in 128 79A.

KU SA LI — Kuśalī.  =Ku su lu, Ku su li, etc.  See 27 120; BA 361.  See (— — —) Kun dga' snying po. 

Lhan skyes KU SA LI'I SKOR — 17 IV 327.4 ff.

KU SA LI CHUNG BA — See (— — — — —) Rin chen sde.

KU SA LI CHE BA — See (— — — — —) Rin chen bzang po.

KU SA LI PA BZANG PO — 210 48.2.  BD of T&TB I 444.

KU SA LI BHA DRA CHUNG BA — BD of T&TB I 799.

KU SU LU — Autobiography requested by Bya bral ba Dkon mchog bzang po in form of a long damaged manuscript listed in Filibeck, Catalog II 333 (no. 668).

KU SU LU CHE CHUNG — One (or 2?) of discs. of Nā ro pa.  17 II 285.2.

KU SE — See (— —) Padma dbang chen; (— —) Gser ljongs; (— —) Smugs sangs.

KU SE RDZONG — N. of a fort & also a district in Khams.  Das 20.

KU HRUNG — ? A n. for the wild ass, or rkyang.  253 520.6.

KU LHA PAL BZUNG — Mt.  396 preface.

KUNG BZANGS GLING — BA I 197.

KUNGS DGON PA — BA 483.  BD of T&TB VII 93‑94.

Gter ston O rgyan KUN SKYONG GLING PA — (1408‑1489).  B. at (Shangs) Lha bu'i bi ji.  BD of T&TB III 586.  Redisc. Bai ro Snying thig contained in 87 vol. 89.  208 I 226.6.  Died at age 82.  210 153.4.  Bio. in 210 139.5 ff.  217 425.7.  17 IV 496.2 ff.  383 220.1.  410 74B.2.  458 I 18.4 ff.  Kun skyong gling pa may be an alias of Rdo rje gling pa (see 413 373.6).  Rebirth of Rdo rje gling pa; died at age 49.  Excavated prophecy cited in DTK5 135.  Achard, L'Essence 96.  He composed a larger and smaller bio. of Gu ru Rin po che listed in BLP no. 0315.  Stearns, King 25, gives the dates 1396‑1477.

Kong po Rdzogs chen pa KUN SKYONG RNAM RGYAL — 217 503.4 ff.

KUN SKYOB GLING — Mon.  Das 21.  JTL&CT 57 n.  A palace.  Wylie 69, 138 n. 208.  3/4 of a mile NE of Shigatse.  Residence of Panchen Lama.

Khra legs KUN KHYAB NYI MA — 415 XI 100.3.

KUN MKHYEN — This title, meaning 'allknowing', is not applied to very many persons in Tibetan history.  Here are a few: 'Jam dpal bzang po, Chos 'od, Klong chen rab 'byams pa, Stag tshang Lo tsā ba, Bstan pa'i nyi ma, Padma dkar po.  The title is generally restricted to those scholars who have written on all the main religious and secular sciences.  Sometimes translated 'polymath'.

KUN MKHYEN DGON PA — See Mengele, dGe 66.

KUN MKHYEN BAR MA — A way of referring to 'Jam dbyangs bzhad pa II. Dung dkar 70.

Kha che KUN MKHYEN LHA — Tib. tr. of the name Sarvajñādeva.

KUN GYIS BKUR BA — Saṃmitīya.  One of 10 subschools of Sarvāstivadins.  Sometimes substitute for A banta ka pa.  Dung dkar 74.

Mnga' bdag Rgyal po KUN GRAGS LDE — In song by 'Jig rten mgon po.  476 I 380.5.

Zhig po KUN GROL — (12th cent.)  Bka' gdams pa.  BD of T&TB V 122.

KUN GROL GRAGS PA — Often called Rig 'dzin.  (b. 1700)  Kværne no. 166.  Author of Bstan byung in Three Sources 197‑552.  Lam rim work in 250.  Bonpo alias of 'Ja' tshon snying po, according to 259 preface (actually, 'Ja' tshon snying po is one of the aliases of Kun grol grags pa, who shouldn't be confused with the earlier Nyingmapa Terton).  Work in 298 597‑8.  Kværne, Canon 20 (n. 11), 28 (n. 48).  His sixth incarnation now resides in India.  Bio. in 342 88 ff.  FM no. 530.00 (Brda'i Bstan bcos Legs par Bshad pa Rin po che'i Za ma tog Bkod pa) is his work, but seems to be based on the grammatical treatise of (Zhwa lu Mkhan po) Rin chen chos skyong bzang po (see B. Laufer, Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft der Tibeter Zamatog, Munich 1898; and Taube catalog no. 2676).  This woodblock printed work also has a woodcut picture of him on the verso of the title page.  His Gter ston Brgya rtsa is cited in 383 417.2 ff.  239 XXX 61.6.  Quite a few of his rediscoveries have been published:  1) Zhi Khro Dgongs pa Kun 'dus and Ma mo Rbod gtong (Dolanji 1979).  2) Rtsa Rlung Mkha' 'gro Gsang Mdzod Cha tshang dang Mgur ma Byang Khrid bcas kyi Gsung Pod (Dolanji 1974).  The TBMC possesses photocopies of his lengthy three part autobiographical work.  Work in 260 295‑319.  261 75‑104.

KUN GROL GRAGS PA — See (— — — — v) 'Chi med bdud 'dul gling pa.

KUN GROL NO MIN HAN — See (— — — — —) Chos grags rgya mtsho.

KUN GROL LAS 'PHRO GLING PA — His rediscoveries in 87 LXIII.

Rig 'dzin KUN GROL GSANG BA RTSAL — An alias of (Gter ston) Bde chen gling pa (q.v.), acc. to  259 preface.  Phur pa redisc. in 259 73‑106.

KUN DGA'  Disc. of Gautama Buddha.  See under Kun dga' bo.

'Gru zhig KUN DGA' — Bio. in 253 II 398.6 ff.

Jo sras KUN DGA' — Disciple of Gtsang pa Rgya ras pa.  He must have flourished in ca. 1184.  24 I 416.6.

Byang chub sems dpa' KUN DGA' — (1062‑1124)  =Byang sems Kun dga'.  Disc. of Pha dam pa Sangs rgyas, said to be chief of all his discs. because he received the chig brgyud (the one on one transmission of teachings).  BA 913 ff (esp. 920 ff.).  17 II 425.1.  12 IX 93.4.  415 I introduction, etc.  Dge ye's history agrees with these dates for him.

Thar rtse Zhabs drung KUN DGA' — Jackson in Lungta 14 (2001) 102.

KUN DGA' BKRA SHIS — Subj. of thangka in Rhies & Thurman 208 ff.  Also, of one illustrated in TPS 372.

Mkhan Rin po che KUN DGA' BKRA SHIS — In inscription in Rhie & Thurman, Worlds of Transformation plate 165.

Dge dgon Bla ma KUN DGA' BKRA SHIS — 346 106.1.

Chos rje KUN DGA' BKRA SHIS — (1349‑1425)  Kuijp in  Lungta 14 (2001) 66.  Aka Theg chen Chos rje, Theg chen Chos kyi rgyal po, Kun dga' bkra shis rgyal mtshan.  Kurtis Schaeffer makes use of a 20 fol. ms. from Cultural Palace of Nationalities, Beijing: Ta'i Ming Rgyal po Yab sras la Gdams pa.  Went to China in 1413.  Dhongthog 124.  Returned the next year with a title from the Ming Emperor to Sa skya'i Chos grwa Chen po.  BA 641.  Teacher of an abbot of Stag lung who lived 1359‑1424 A.D.  See E. Sperling's Dissertation.  Da ra kha che.  TS5 567.  Precious Deposits III 144.  David Jackson, Traces of Tāranātha and His Previous Lives, forthcoming paper.  Notice the title attributed to Theg chen Chos rje in Drepung Catalog 982.  Jackson, MB 106.  A story about him and the making of a vermillion Kanjur told by Sman lung Gu ru in LPNT VII 79.

Rje KUN DGA' BKRA SHIS — A Stag lung pa Lama supposedly living from 1536 to 1605, whose name is inscribed on a cave at Bkra shis do chen, at Gnam mtsho.  Bellezza, Divine Dyads 212.  He was 16th abbot of Stag lung.

Ldong khams shis pa KUN DGA' BKRA SHIS — Kuijp in  Lungta 14 (2001) 68.

Hor gyi Rgyal po KUN DGA' BKRA SHIS — Sørensen in Lungta 16 (2003) 119.

Grwa thang Mkhan chen KUN DGA' MKHYEN BRTSE PHUN TSHOGS — (1715‑)  A Sa skya pa.  His father was Dam chos bstan 'dzin.  Dhongthog 24.  Bio. in 383 560.3 ff.

Zhang ston KUN DGA' GRAGS — Belonged to the tradition called Mes lugs.  Disc. of Ye shes snying po.  BA 405.  57 II B 348.4.  17 II 467.4.

KUN DGA' GRAGS — Western Tibetan royalty.  DTK5 72.

KUN DGA' GRAGS — Translator active in 12th cent.  Kuijp in CAJ 37 (1993) 190.

Chos rje Ldan ma KUN DGA' GRAGS — 16th cent. 'Bri gung pa teacher who founded Sgang sngon Mon.  DTK5 189.

KUN DGA' GRAGS PA — F. of Phyi dbang (q.v.) Mon.  14 123.

Kong po Dkar chen KUN DGA' GRAGS PA — Mentioned in BD of T&TB III 525.  (Dkar po) Kun dga' grags pa in 210 127.3, 245.2, 251.1.  Tulku b. in Kong po.  116 328.5.  374 II 473.5.

Thugs sras KUN DGA' GRAGS PA — Disc. of Sprul sku Sna tshogs rang grol.

Rtsa ri Rdor 'dzin pa KUN DGA' GRAGS PA — A famous early 20th century astrologer from Rtsa ri who made charts for the rich and famous of his day.  A biography by Toni Huber is said to be in the works.

Bsam yas Dkar chen KUN DGA' GRAGS PA — Teacher of Kun bzang nyi zla (b. 1514).  DTK5 137.

Jo nang Rje btsun KUN DGA' GROL MCHOG — (1495 or 1507 to 1566)  Successor of (Rgya sgom) Legs pa rgyal mtshan in the Jo nang Lugs (q.v.), no. 15.  Also 12th of the predecessors of the Rje btsun Dam pa (q.v.).  His Bka' 'bum (works) were printed (see E. Gene Smith, "Banned Books in the Tibetan Speaking Lands").  17 III 593.3.  This may be the author of the comm. included in 141.  See 141 17.5.  217 596.6.  He had visions of Ni gu ma, beginning the Nye brgyud (near transmission) of the Shangs pa Bka' brgyud pa.  12 IX 90.6.  383 386.5 ff, 575.6 ff.  On his bio. of Glo bo Mkhan chen, see ISTS 137 n. 5.  His autobiographical work has been published in 1982 in 2 vols. (Tibet House, N. Delhi).  TS5 474.  His autobios., bios. (and his bio. of Sang gha bha dra) are listed in BLP nos. 0041‑0045.  His bio. of Atiśa listed in BLP no. 0796.  Bios. listed in BLP nos. 1253‑1255.  Bio. of Dpal ldan Bla ma 'Jam dpal dbyangs listed in BLP no. 1328.

Gnas rnying KUN DGA' DGE LEGS — Author of bio. of Tsong kha pa listed in BLP no. 0929.

Rmog lcog pa KUN DGA' DGE LEGS DPAL 'BAR — Successor of 'Brug chen vii in the Jo nang pa lugs (q.v.), no. 25.

KUN DGA' RGYA MTSHO — 463 I 16.5.

KUN DGA' RGYA MTSHO — Disc. of the 'Ba' rom pa teacher Kun dga' snying po.  Lived 52 years.  467 II 214 ff.

Rje Mkhan po xii KUN DGA' RGYA MTSHO — (1722‑1772)  Abbot from 1769 to 1771.  Retired to Bkra shis sgang and died in about 1771.  24 I.  Co‑author of bio. contained in 159 I.

Bla ma KUN DGA' RGYAN — In Kālacakra lineage.  475 124.5 ff.

KUN DGA' RGYAL PO — Mentioned in colophon in 116 105.7.

Kong po Rtogs ldan KUN DGA' RGYAL PO — See 357 380‑384.

Mi dbang KUN DGA' RGYAL PO — Name in an image inscription.  Rhies & Thurman 172.  Probably a western Tibetan king in centuries neighboring the 15th?

Grub chen KUN DGA' RGYAL 'PHEL — 17 IV 447.3.

KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — A 15th cent. king of Mustang.  ISTS 134‑135.

KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — A Bon abbot in 1513.  TS7 I 332.

KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — A scribe for Glo bo Mkhan chen (1456‑1532).  Jackson in TH&L 235.

KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (recent).  Bonpo.  Disc. of Smon lam rgyal mtshan.  Bio. in 253 II 491.2 ff.

KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — His son and biographer was the Dalai Lama ii.  See BLP no. 1836.

Rgyal sras II KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (1689‑1713)  Bio. by Shākya rin chen contained in 435.

Mnga' bdag  KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (d. ca. late 14th cent.)  A son of (Mnga' bdag) 'Jam dpal nor bu.  Rnying ma pa.  Bio. in BD of T&TB IV 142.  210 24.3.

Cha rgan Ho thug thu KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — 438 VI 516.5.

Chos rje KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (1497‑1568)  Took ordination from (Spyan snga) Chos kyi grags pa.  BD of T&TB III 722.

Ti shi KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (1310‑1358)  Dhongthog 25.  Belonged to 'Khon family and to the Lha khang Bla brang of the Sa skya pa.  27 109.  484 II 603.3.  Subj. of autobio. listed in BLP no. 0970.

Rdo gdan pa KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — Bio. listed in BLP no. 1187.

Sde gzhung KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (1885‑1952)  A Khams pa teacher of the Sa skya pa.  His collected works have been published in 1976 (his miscellaneous writings in 1977).  Alias A 'jam Sprul sku, also ('Jam dbyangs) Kun dga' bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan.  A collection of his miscellaneous writings was publ. in 1977.  Bio. in 62 295 ff, 349‑355.

Snar thang Mkhan po KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — Thuken 222.  A teacher of Tsongkhapa.

Ba brtse KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — One of the founders of Bsam 'grub Mon. in Rdza khog in 15th cent.  Thar in TS9 IV 164.

Bla chen KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (1344‑1418)  Dhongthog 25.  Sa skya pa.  Son of 'Jam dbyangs don yod rgyal mtshan. 

Bla ma Dkar po KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — Bio. by Rab 'byams pa Skal bzang legs bshad listed in BLP no. 1479.  See TBRC.

Sbyor lam pa KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — Also called Bde rgu chung ba.  Abbot of Dgon lung from 1693 to 1701.  332 II 22.

Mtshungs med KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — One of the main teachers of Sna tshogs rang grol (1494‑1570).  BD of T&TB III 723.

Rdzong pa KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (1382‑)  Sa skya pa.  Dhongthog 25.  Bio. in 62 222.

Yab rje KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — Author of bio. of Dran mchog Don yod rgyal mtshan listed in BLP no. 1145.

Ri brag KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — Transcriber (secretary, yi ge pa) of 57 II B 373.5.

Las chen KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — Author of Bka' gdams Rin po che Gsal ba'i Sgron me in 1494, the best known history of the Bka' gdams pa school (publ. in 1972).  146.  54 preface.  374 I 99.5.  Author of bio. of Dalai Lama i listed in BLP no. 0511.  A bio. of Rtse dang Las chen gyi Slob ma Kun dga' rgyal mtshan listed in BLP no. 1678.

Sa skya Paṇḍi ta KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (1182‑1251)  Sometimes known as Sa Paṇ.  Short English bio. in 86.  T.H. 51, 53, 150.  Ferrari 144.  Grandson of Kun dga' snying po.  TPS 9‑12.  Nephew of Grags pa rgyal mtshan.  His father was Dpal chen 'od po.  17 II 405.3 ff.  76 7.  23 4.  For his works, see 145 V.  Bio. by (Gung thang gi Btsun pa Zhang) Rgyal ba dpal contained in 145 V 422‑439.  Picture in 128 338, 432, 876.  His avadāna stories in 243 I 611 ff.  Poetic work in 378 1‑39.  Works: 1) Dpal ldan Sa skya Paṇḍi ta Rang gis Rang la Gros 'debs Bslab bya contained in: Lugs kyi Bslab bya Legs par Bshad pa'i Gter (Kalimpong 196‑).  A thangka with his consecration inscription is found in Kossak, Sacred Visions, plate 35.  Bios. listed in BLP nos. 1969‑1978, the authors being 'Phags pa, Paṇ chen Blo bzang chos rgyan, Lho pa Rin chen dpal, Rin spungs Ngag dbang grags pa, Tāranātha, Yar lung Lo tsā ba Grags rgyan [Grags pa rgyal mtshan], 'U yug pa Rigs pa'i seng ge, Btsun pa Grol mchog, & Zhang Rgyal dbang dpal.  Bios. in Filibeck, Catalog II 335 (nos. 680.12‑670.13).

Sreg ston KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (1432‑1506)  Father of Dalai Lama ii.  See 23 8.  Also, Smith 179.

Gser khang stengs pa KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — (1223‑1292)  Abbot of Gung thang from age 38 to his death.  BA 716. 

A 'tsho KUN DGA' RGYAL MTSHAN — 253 II 401.6.

KUN DGA' CHOS SKYONG — TS7 I 273.

KUN DGA' CHOS GLING — Mon. where Blo bzang rta mgrin founded a tantra college.  224 introduction.

Cha btsun KUN DGA' CHOS KYI RGYA MTSHO — (1432‑1505)  'Brug pa.  Teacher of 'Brug pa Kun legs (1455‑1529).  Bio. in vol. entitled, Two Rare 'Brug pa Dkar brgyud pa Biographies (1974).  Note the (Lha btsun) Kun dga' chos kyi rgya mtsho in 49 preface. 

KUN DGA' CHOS 'PHAGS THUB BSTAN NYI MA — (1797‑?)  BD of T&TB V 641.  Bio. see SBTD I 19 (also, BLP no. 0048).

KUN DGA' CHOS 'PHEL — Sa skya.  Work, see 36 IV 846.  Subject of bio. by the Dalai Lama v (see BLP no. 0049).

Rgyal rong Rgyal sras Nang po Chos mdzad KUN DGA' CHOS 'PHEL — A prince of Rgyal rong.  Sobisch, Dissert. chap. 12.

Sman pa KUN DGA' CHOS 'PHEL — (fl. ca. 1707)  463 I 124.6.

KUN DGA' CHOS BZANG — Author of a 50‑folio biography entitled Kun mkhyen Chos kyi Rgyal po'i Rnam par Thar pa Dad gus kyi Chu 'dzin Rnam par Rol pa listed in Drepung Catalog 1508, 1531.

KUN DGA' CHOS LEGS — (early 19th cent.)  Disc. of Karma bstan 'dzin.  Teacher of Csoma de Körös.  His answers to Csoma's questions in 171 301‑441.  See 188 7, etc.  B in L 3.  T&BS II 13 (n. 9).

Bla ma Dam pa KUN DGA' MCHOG GRUB — (b. 15th cent.)  Biography by Kun dga' bzod pa bzang po (marginal notation CHI) in Filibeck, Catalog II 330 (no. 656.2).

Gdong sprul iv KUN DGA' 'CHI MED DBANG PO — (1309‑1382)  Sa skya pa.  Dhongthog 26.

KUN DGA' BRJID PA — (15th cent.)  TJ 35 no 3 (Aut 2010) 83.

Rje btsun KUN DGA' NYI MA — Active in 1495. Sørensen in Lungta 16 (2003) 119.

Slob dpon Rin po che KUN DGA' NYI MA — Teacher of Gtsang smyon.  234 I A 15.5.

Lha rje KUN DGA' NYI MA — Personal physician of Ge sar.  Terrone in TS9 VIII 221.

Ta dben Gu shri KUN DGA' NYI MA'I RGYAL MTSHAN DPAL BZANG PO — Brother of Don yod rgyal mtshan (1310‑1344), q.v. 

Kro chen KUN DGA' NYI ZLA — Mentioned in colophon of the Bla med Go 'phang contained in the 2nd edition of the Bon Kanjur.

KUN DGA' SNYING — Mahāsiddha.  Pictured in 128 47A.

KUN DGA' SNYING PO — Ānandagarbha.  An Indian from Bengal.  75 12.  (Slob dpon) Kun dga' snying po.  17 II 352.5.  Hoffmann, Religions 116.  Previous rebirth of Dga' rab rdo rje.  413 117.5.

KUN DGA' SNYING PO — (1575‑1634)  N. of Tāranātha, the famous Jo nang pa.  Waddell 70.  Ferrari 154.  T.H. 212.  His history of Indian Buddhism was written in 1608.  On his life and works see TPS 128, 163.  See Tā ra nā tha.  For his iconography, see David Jackson, Traces of Tāranātha and His Previous Lives, forthcoming paper.

KUN DGA' SNYING PO — A 'Ba' rom pa teacher.  467 II 212.

KUN DGA' SNYING PO — A n. of (Dpyal) A mo gha.  475 118.1.

KUN DGA' SNYING PO — Birth name of Sgam po pa.  57 II B 353.2.

KUN DGA' SNYING PO — N. of a "Sakya Panchen" [Sa skya Paṇ chen] who died in 1882.  JTL&CT 240.

Ku sa li KUN DGA' SNYING PO — Thang stong rgyal po met him at (Ri) Bya rkang can.  5 57.2.

Sa chen KUN DGA' SNYING PO — (1092‑1158)  Only son of Dkon mchog rgyal po, b. when his father was 58.  His father d. when he was 10.  Mother was Ma gcig Zhang mo, daughter of Zhang gzhung Gu ra ba.  Sa skya pa writer and hierarch.  Wrote Rgyud sde Spyi'i Rnam bzhag on general field of tantra.  2nd abbot of Sa skya Mon.  BA 211.  TPS 134.  Had 4 sons including Bsod nams rtse mo and Grags pa rgyal mtshan.  Received vision of Mañjuśrī who gave him the famous verse of the Zhen pa Bzhi Bral ('Parting from the Four Attachments'), q.v.  A teacher of Phag mo gru pa.  B. in Phru ma.  17 II 401.1 ff.  16 34.  Seems to be his picture in 128 336, 428.  Bio. in 145 V 143 ff.  (But isn't this rather the bio. of Grags pa rgyal mtshan?).  On his meeting Phag mo gru pa, see 17 II 539.5.  Portrait bronze, see Uhlig, On the Path to Enlightenment 191.  For a magnificent thangka with him as central figure, see TPS 333 (Tucci dates it to 15th century).  Another is from Potala collection, illus. in Po ta la 155 (it is surrounded by scenes of 5th Dalai Lama and Potala, however; he holds vajra and bell; actual inscription reads:  rdo rje 'dzin pa'i gtsug rgyan Kun dga' snying).  Bios. by Ye shes rgyal mtshan, etc., & Bsod nams rtse mo listed in BLP nos. 1966‑1967.

KUN DGA' BSTAN PA'I RGYAL MTSHAN — 363 122.1.

KUN DGA' BSTAN PA'I RGYAL MTSHAN — Kun dga' bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan gyi Rnam thar U dum wa ra'i Dga' tshal, by Karma bkra shis chos 'phel, listed in BLP no. 0050.

'Jam dbyangs KUN DGA' BSTAN PA'I RGYAL MTSHAN —  =A 'jam Sprul sku.  =(Sde gzhung) Kun dga' rgyal mtshan (q.v.). 

Sde gzhung Lung rig Sprul sku KUN DGA' BSTAN PA'I NYI MA — (1906‑1987).  Author of bio. of (Sa skya) Bkra shis grags pa (publ. in 1980).  Probably the author of the work Sga Ldan Sgyur Gsum gyi Byung tshul Nyung bsdus Gtam gyi Sa bon, a manuscript used by Vitali in Lungta 14 (2001).  See David Jackson's book A Saint in Seattle.  His miscellaneous works in one vol. published in Dharamsala (2005).

KUN DGA' BSTAN PA'I BLO GROS — Kun dga' bstan pa'i blo gros kyi Rnam thar Byin rlabs Bdud rtsi'i Thigs Phreng, listed in BLP no. 0051.

Khams sprul iii Ngag dbang KUN DGA' BSTAN 'DZIN — (1680‑1728)  His Phyag rgya chen po Lhan cig Skyes sbyor gyi Dngos gzhi'i Khrid yig Zab Don Rgya mtsho'i Lam Tshang Bla na med pa on the foundational practices of the 'Brug pa school (publ. 1974).  He was a Gter ston and an artist of the Sman ris style.  23 47.  Works on Tshe ring ma in 229 35‑71, 77‑135.  Author of Phyag chen Sngon 'gro'i Bsgom rim (publ. 1971) and several other books that are available, including the Mchod 'os Yongs rdzogs Bskang bshags Rim Gnyis Zung 'jug (1971), Thugs sgrub Yang zab Dkon mchog Spyi 'dus kyi Phrin las Rgyas Sdebs Sku Gsum Bla ma Dgyes Nor dbang gi Rgyal po Grub Gnyis 'Dod pa'i Char 'bebs (1971). One of his Mahāmudrā works was translated by E. dell'Angelo et al., L'Oro raffinato dell'insegnamento orale circa la pratica del modo di vedere, di meditare e di comportarsi secondo il Maha mudra, Archidosso (1983), with Tibetan text. Jackson, Patron 7.

Mkhan rabs xviii Nya ri Bla ma KUN DGA' BSTAN 'DZIN RGYAL MTSHAN — Abbot of Yangs pa can.  Bio. in 35 I 631.

Skyi KUN DGA' BSTAN GSAL — Teacher of Gter bdag gling pa.  458 I 328.1.

KUN DGA' DAR PO — (late 15th to early 16th cent.)  Helped compile the Yig cha of the Ras chung Snyan brgyud and seems to have been a contemporary of Gtsang smyon.  74 preface.  Bio. by Byang chub bzang po in 74 I 293‑312.  Name sometimes given in Sanskritic form as (Grub mchog) Ā nanda da ya.  Works in 74 I 553‑567, 663‑824; II 95‑158, 183‑206, 549‑688.

Sku zhang KUN DGA' DON GRUB — 27 31.  He was Sku zhang of Zhwa lu, beginning in 1333.  Contemp. w/ Bu ston.  See IT III, pt. 1, p. 90.  Ruler of Zhwa lu.  Kuijp in TH&L 290 n. 16.  Ricca & Fournier in TJ 26 no 3/4 (Aut/Wint 2001) 105.

Rgyud chen KUN DGA' DON GRUB — (1419‑1486)  Dge lugs pa.  B. in Gtsang.  F. Stod rgyud Grwa tshang, the Upper Tantra College, in 1474.  Dhongthog 26, 126.  Tucci, Religions 112.  Pictured in 128 1054. Sørensen in Lungta 16 (2003) 109.  After saving Lhasa from flooding, he was awarded with ownership of Ra mo che.  Alexander, Temples 78.

Glo mkhar ba KUN DGA' DON GRUB — 'Brug pa.  See 20 37, no. 18.  235 introduction 11. 

Snye mdo ba  KUN DGA' DON GRUB — A teacher of Zhwa nag iii.  17 II 536.1.  Author of work on O rgyan Bsnyen sgrub mentioned in 17 XX 96.5 and IV 434.5, 437.6.  In Kālacakra lineage in 383 328.6.  BA 703.  In the Ram tradition (Ram lugs).  Disc. of Snye mdo Thams cad Mkhyen pa.  17 II 462.1.  BA 408, 490, 703.  Evidently it is his bio. of O rgyan pa that is listed in BLP no. 0397 with the title Grub chen O rgyan pa'i Rnam thar Byin rlabs kyi Chu rgyun.  Bio. by Slob dpon Hūṃ ka ra listed in BLP no. 0962.  He was considered a previous rebirth of Si tu Paṇ chen.

Pu rang KUN DGA' BDE BA RING MO — Aka Pu hrang Kun dga' ring mo & Rtsi Bde ba ring mo, members of the Zhang zhung Snyan rgyud lineage.  ZZFC 247.

Gnas rnying KUN DGA' BDE LEGS — Bio. by Se ra Rje btsun pa listed in BLP no. 1237.

KUN DGA' RDO RJE — Supposedly a Sa skya monk, who gave a tooth of the Buddha to the Taiwan teacher Hsing Yun.  Buescher in Changing Minds 32.  No one knows about a person by this name...  but he turns out to be a Sa skya monk (not a lama or rin po che) named Kun dga', who was living in Nepal. 

Rngog KUN DGA' RDO RJE — (1157‑1234)  Founded Gzhung spre'u zhing.  Son of (Jo tshul) Tshul khrims bla ma.  17 II 463.5.  Ferrari 134.  BA 409.  Bio. in Shākya mchog ldan, Works, vol. 16 (actually this is not about him, but about a Lam 'bras master from the Rma family, whose father was Nam mkha' mchog grags, mother Dpal mchog Mtsho mo.  He was born in a Wood Dragon).

Drung chen Si tu KUN DGA' RDO RJE — (1309‑1364)  Alias Dge ba'i blo gros (his ordination n.).  Wrote the Red Annals (Deb ther Dmar po) in 1346.  Cited in Dalai Lama v, History 106.  21 xi.  See 27 21.  TPS 140‑1, 630.  83E 479.  BA vi, etc.  Kværne, Mongols 95.  Petech (1983) 180.  T.H. 26.  Beyer 9, 293.  For an article on the Red Annals by Sh. Bira, see T&BS I 59 ff.  Son of Smon lam rdo rje.  Vai.Ser. 128.  Also called (Dbon) Kun dga' rdo rje.  See ('Tshal pa) Kun dga' rdo rje.  A 1353 death date is given in the 3‑vol. dict. chrono.

Dpyal KUN DGA' RDO RJE — Appears in an early thangka; see Kossak, Sacred Visions plate 21.  He is listed in Mtshan tho no. 47, which says that in Nepal he studied with Ha mu, as well as the Indians Phyag na & Stong nyid ting 'dzin rdo rje (the latter he invited to come to Tibet); apparently he never went to India.

KUN DGA' NO'UR — Small lake S of Kokonor.  Ho‑chin Yang, Annals of Kokonor 86.  Kun dga' nor =Kokonoor?  See Yu Dawchyan Appendix.

KUN DGA' NOR BU — (fl. ca. 1850)  King of Mustang.  ISTS 136.

Khro chen KUN DGA' NOR BU — A king of Khro skyab (Cosgiyab) in Rgyal mo rong area.  Sometimes named in Bonpo colophons for his patronage of literary works and woodblock prints. 

KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — A ruler in western Tibet in the 16th century whose domain may have included Ladakh.  For a letter to his wife Dkon mchog bzang mo from the Dalai Lama ii dated 1540, see Tohoku no. 5580 (97).  His name is found in the colophon to an old woodblock print of the bio. of Milarepa found in the Chicago Field Museum. 

KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — Author of works found in a collection entitled, Khrid Material on the Practices of Gcod (Thimphu 1978). 

Mkhar Tshong dpon KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — Donor/patron for a group of Padmasambhava thangkas.  TPS 540.

Chos rje Thon mi KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — Bio. by Rgya ban Byang chub dbang rgyal listed in BLP nos. 0756, 0769.  Another bio. by Smin gling Lo chen Dharma shrī listed in BLP no. 0770.

Jo sras KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — TS5 802.

Thu ston / Rdo rje gdan pa / Rdzong pa KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — (1432‑1496)  Belonged to lineage of Gong dkar ba.  Student of (Paṇ chen) Byams pa gling pa.  F. Gong dkar Chos grwa in 1464.  See under Rdzong lugs.  For name of his bio., see Tucci, Lhasa 149, 179 n. 54.  Ferrari 134.  Bio. in 62 223 ff.  Picture in 128 1056.  His bio. by Rgya ston Byang chub dpal published as Chos kyi Rje Thams cad Mkhyen pa Rdo rje gdan pa Chen po Kun dga' rnam rgyal dpal bzang po'i Rnam par Thar pa Ngo mtshar Rin po che'i Gter mdzod, Then mā Dpe skrun khang (Zhang kang 2001), in 213 pp., acquired by TBRC.  This same bio. is listed in Filibeck, Catalog II 340 (no. 703), as well as in Drepung Catalog 1503.

Blo ldan KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — Tāranātha's scribe.  Templeman, SIL 101.

Zur mang Drung pa KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — Belonged to Zur mang sub‑school of the Karma Bka' brgyud pa.  Short work in 36 VI 306‑314.  Evidently to be identified with the author of Gcod works mentioned above.  H of SK of T 37.  See Cuevas, Hidden History 153 (here identified as the Drung pa iv).

Lha btsun KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL — Illegitimate (?) son of Rnam rgyal lde.  DTK5 130‑135.  Perhaps to be distinguished from Kun dga' rnal rgyal sde who would then be his half brother?  Ruled part of Gung thang from his base in Dge brtan.

Chos rgyal Khri KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL LDE — (16th cent.)  Evidently to be identified with the King Kun dga' rnam rgyal, above.  116 312.6.

KUN DGA' RNAM RGYAL DPAL BZANG PO — Kun dga' rnam rgyal dpal bzang po'i Rnam thar Ngo mtshar Rin po che'i Gter mdzod, by Byang chub dbang rgyal, listed in BLP no. 0052.  See also Drepung Catalog 1503.

Nya dbon KUN DGA' DPAL — (14th cent.)  Contemp. of Bu ston.  Author of Prajñāpāramitā commentaries.  Disc. of Dol po pa.  His Abhisamayālaṅkāra comm. publ. 1978.  'Bri gung Dpal 'dzin (q.v.) was his disc.  BA 340, 345, 777, 780, 1017.  27 XII.  76 6.  17 II 382.1, 418.5.  His dates may be found in the biography in the Jo nang Kālacakra history by Byang sems Rgyal ba ye shes, p. 178 ff, where he is b. in a Wood Bird and dies in his 95th year, an Earth Sheep (I think this should mean his dates are 1345‑1439).

Gnas rnying Mkhan po Gangs can KUN DGA' DPAL —  =Kun dga' 'brug dpal.  Passed on lineage to 'Brug chen II.  He was a disc. of (Kun spangs) Bde legs rin chen.  17 II 510.  17A VII pt. 2, p. 13B.2. 

Tshogs sgom KUN DGA' DPAL — Bio. listed in BLP no. 1696.

Sde dge Dgon chen Shar Bla ma  KUN DGA' DPAL LDAN — Author of a Kun rig Rnam bshad publ. in 1972. 

Bu chen KUN DGA' DPAL LDAN — 5 326.1.  446 I 565.5.

Bya bral KUN DGA' DPAL LDAN — Subj. of bio. by  Dis mgo Mkhyen brtse (see his Collected Works, vol. 1, pp. 307‑314).

Mon rtse pa KUN DGA' DPAL LDAN — (1408‑1475?)  235 introduction 8.  Author of bio. of Glo mkhar ba, and of an autobiography.  20 37.  =Kun dga' 'brug dpal, q.v.  =(Gnas rnying Mkhan po) Kun dga' dpal, lineage teacher of 'Brug chen II.  Author of 235 q.v.  (1408‑1475)  TS5 471.  Subj. of bio. by Rgyal mtshan dpal bzang listed in BLP no. 0411.

Sman bsgom Chos rje KUN DGA' DPAL LDAN — Franz Karl Ehrhard, The Biography of Sman bsgom Chos rje Kun dga' dpal ldan (1735‑1804) as a Source for the Sino Nepalese War. Paper given at "Tibet & Her Neighbors," conference at Harvard University, April 24‑25, 2004. Rje btsun Bla ma Dam pa Sman bsgom Chos kyi rje Kun dga' dpal ldan zhabs kyi Rnam par Thar pa, NGMPP, reel no. L376/3, a biography in 225 folios (source: Kurtis Schaeffer).

Gzhag bla KUN DGA' DPAL BA — Karma pa.  See 35 I 645.

'Brug chen II Rgyal ba'i dbang po KUN DGA' DPAL 'BYOR — (1428‑1476)  14th in 'Brug pa Gdan rabs (q.v.).  Knew Sanskrit.  Studied w/ (Rngog) Byang chub dpal.  36 VII 152.  1 20 ff.  Studied w/ Nags kyi rin chen and 'Gos Gzhon nu dpal.  For his two vol. coll. works, see 57.  His songs, see 222 469 ff.  Bio. by (A wa dhū ti pa) Rin chen rnam rgyal, dated 1479, found in 24 and 20 34, and 57 7‑67.  For a list of his teachers, see 57 preface.  He was active in Bhutan, staying in Bum thang area for a number of years.  Received Ras chung Snyan brgyud.  410 203B.6.  Met by Sha ra Rab 'byams pa.  116 477.6.  His Dkar chag Me tog, written in 1459, found in 129 I 1‑31.  Bio. by 'Brug chen iii found in  487 I 67.5 ff.  Bio. by Rin chen rnam rgyal (1469‑1531) listed in Filibeck, Catalog II 342 (no. 709.1).

Gtsang smyon KUN DGA' DPAL BZANG — Evidently not to be identified with Gtsang smyon He ru ka, this person lived in the time of Tā ra nā tha.  87 I 289.

Mi 'gyur Las 'phro gling pa KUN DGA' DPAL BZANG — 410 133B.6.  Rgya ma Mi 'gyur ba (1497‑1568).  Cuevas, Hidden History 67, 131.

Tshogs bsgom KUN DGA' DPAL BZANG PO — (1210‑1307).  Kuijp in JIABS 17 (1994) 177.

Rgyal rtse Dpon chen KUN DGA' 'PHAGS PA — (1357‑1412)  TS5 562.  Kuijp in  Lungta 14 (2001) 64.  Father of (Si tu Rab brtan) Kun bzang 'phags pa.  160 preface.  Bio. in Dung dkar 75.

Bla chen KUN DGA' PHRIN LAS RGYA MTSHO — Alias Phun tshogs bstan pa.  King of Sde dge.  His chaplain was (Ngor) (Phan khang) Dpal ldan chos skyong (1702‑1759).  20 18.  440 293.2.

KUN DGA' 'PHRIN LAS DPAL LDAN — His medical work Gso ba Rig pa'i Lag len publ. in 1977.

Mkha' 'gro ma KUN DGA' BUM PA — A woman Terton.  410 113B.4.

KUN DGA' BO — Disc. of Gautama.  Ānanda.  128 30, 32.  Picture in Chandra 1778. Dung dkar 75‑76.  DCD 11‑17.  See Kun dga'.

KUN DGA' BO — A n. of Nam mkha' dpal bzang po (1333‑1379), q.v.

Rmor chen KUN DGA' BYUNG GNAS — (17th cent.?)  3rd successor of Mang thos Klu sgrub rgya mtsho in the Tshar pa branch of the Sa skya pa school.  Ferrari 119.  Perhaps the author of the continuation of the bio. of 'Jam mgon A myes zhabs Ngag dbang kun dga' bsod nams, covering the period 1652‑1659 (publ. 1978).

KUN DGA' BLO GROS — Pictured in 128 544.

KUN DGA' BLO GROS — Western Tibetan royalty.  DTK5 72.

KUN DGA' BLO GROS — Youngest son of Bsam lde (b. 1459).  DTK5 139.  His son, Kun bzang grags pa rdo rje, was born in 1528.

Grub chen KUN DGA' BLO GROS — Incarnation of Bu ston.  Resided at Rtse chen Chos sde.  Ferrari 59, 142.  Bio. by 'Jam dbyangs dkon mchog bzang po listed in BLP no. 0386.

Sa skya Gong ma or Bdag chen KUN DGA' BLO GROS — (1729‑1783)  Work on Phur pa (Phur pa'i Las Bzhi'i Sbyin sreg dang Sri mnan) publ. in 1978.  36 IV 876.  87 I 635.6.

Slob dpon KUN DGA' BLO GROS — Bio. listed in BLP no. 2055.

Bla chen KUN DGA' BLO GROS RGYAL MTSHAN — (1299‑1327)  Sa skya pa.  B. at Lha khang Bla brang.  Dhongthog 26, 122.  A teacher of Bu ston.  27 76.  Went to China in 1319, returned in 1322, and went again in 1331 (note the impossible dates!).  Has also the title Ti shi, but sometimes called simply Kun dga' blo gros.  See Kuijp, KPTB 51 for information on an official edict issued in 1317.  Thuken 176.

Grub chen KUN DGA' BLO LDAN — B. in Rgyal mo rong.  Bio. in 383 577.3 ff.

Bru sha Btsun pa or Bru ston KUN DGA' DBANG LDAN — Bonpo.  Work in 251 1‑29.  Also, 325 375‑93, 395‑447. 

Bhe drang KUN DGA' DBANG LDAN — 253 II 437.4.

Gung KUN DGA' DBANG PO — (1906‑1981)  He was the 13th Dalai Lama's younger brother.  He served as a prime minister.  Jampa Samten Shastri, Origins of the Tibetan Canon 779.

Blon chen Glang mdun KUN DGA' DBANG PHYUG — Goldstein, Hist. 147.

Slob dpon KUN DGA' DBANG PHYUG — (1418‑1462)  Sa skya pa.  Dhongthog 27.  =(Rgyal tshab Dam pa) Kun dga' dbang phyug.  Author of Lam 'bras Gzhung bshad Pod Dmar ma (=Lam 'bras Po ti Dmar chung), TBRC (Dolanji 1974).  Fourth abbot of Ngor, and disc. of the Ngor chen.  76 2.  His dates are 1424 to 1478, acc. to ISTS 134.

Lha lung pa KUN DGA' DBANG PHYUG — F. Shug gseb Mon.  Vai.Ser. 145.

KUN DGA' 'BUM — A Rnying ma teacher who in the 6th rab byung (1327‑1386) transformed the Dralag Mon. into a Rnying ma one.  He was b. in 1332; d. 1381.  Studied with Ye shes 'bum of Kaḥ thog Mon.  TS7 II 981‑2.

KUN DGA' 'BUM — A monk of Thang po che who, in around 1347‑49 supervised and corrected the Tshal pa Kanjur.  Jampa Samten Shastri, Origins of the Tibetan Canon 768.  His bio. may be found in the Jo nang Kālacakra history by Byang sems Rgyal ba ye shes, pp. 184‑186.  Here his dates are given as Iron Sheep through Fire Horse, his 72nd year.

KUN DGA' 'BUM — Kuijp, Rivers 313.  He was grandfather of 'Ba' ra ba.  From Chabs li grong village.

Mkha' 'gro ma Rje btsun ma KUN DGA' 'BUM — A famous woman gter ston teacher.  She was met by the Later Dung mtsho ras pa.  BD of T&TB III 506, 528.  She often bears the title of Mtsho rgyal Rnam sprul ("incarnation of Ye shes mtsho rgyal"), or Ma gcig.  Bio. in BD of T&TB III 516.  217 457.2 ff.  Bio. in 210 13.5 ff, 65.4.  Rediscoverer of the Gsang ba Lam khyer ('The Secret Expedient') contained in 87 vol. 85.  For the rediscovery of this text, see 210 16.3.  239 XXV 511.4.

KUN DGA' 'BUM — Wife of Chos skyong lde.  DTK5 113.

KUN DGA' 'BRUG DPAL — Resided at Klong rdol Gling stod 'Od gsal sgang.  Author of Yang dgon Gser 'phreng.  20 37.  Disc. of (Mon rtse pa) Kun dga' dpal ldan, q.v.  Editor of 235, q.v.

KUN DGA' MA — Female initiator of Padmasambhava.  431 I 162.3.  See Kun dga' mo.

KUN DGA' MI 'GYUR STOBS RGYAL DBANG GI RGYAL PO — N. given by Tāranātha to the Dalai Lama v.  Essais 124.

Dre'u lhas Grub dbang KUN DGA' MI 'GYUR RDO RJE — Compiler of Dpal ldan 'Brug pa'i Khyad chos Man ngag Skor Phyogs Gcig tu Sgrigs pa (publ. 1976).  The Rje Mkhan po IX (1710‑1759) was a student of his.  135 preface.  See =G.yung mgon rdo rje.  Work on Kīlaya contained in 452 341‑399.  Other works published.

Dge slong ma KUN DGA' MO — A ḍākinī met by Padmasambhava at Tsan dan Tshal.  87 I 17.6.  132 61.1 ff, 110.2.  See Kun dga' ma.  In Lde'u 308 she is blamed for giving watered‑down teachings in the marketplace, which led the other masters to bury the Dzogchen teachings in Bodhgaya.

KUN DGA' SMON LAM — Kuijp in JIABS 17 (1994) 178.  One of two brothers exiled to southern China.  Kuijp, Rivers 310.

Spru lung KUN DGA' SMON LAM — Pictured in 128 538.  "Later Shabs‑drun Spru‑lun‑pa [Zhabs drung Spru lung pa], who indulged himself in the practice of the art of life‑taking, finally destroyed his own lineage by the reflexive power of his art."  Fa‑tsun, "Bkah‑brgyud‑pa" in Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, vol. 3, p. 145.

Rnal 'byor KUN DGA' TSHUL KHRIMS — Work in 283 397‑401.  He established the text of the Gsang ba Gzungs sde Nyi shu (see Bon Kanjur) in a Fire Tiger year.

Dbon Rin po che KUN DGA' TSHUL KHRIMS RGYA MTSHO — 87 XXVI 580.6.  Served as Phyag mdzod in circa 1712.  453 61.5.  Younger brother of Gter bdag gling pa.  458 I 183.4, 215.5, 260.6, 271.6, 350.3. 

Rig 'dzin KUN DGA' TSHE MCHOG — 374 II 177.1.

KUN DGA' TSHE RING — (late 19th cent.)  Stein, Recherches 86. 

KUN DGA' MDZES — Brother of Kun dga' smon lam.  Kuijp, Rivers 310.

KUN DGA' 'DZOM — Wife of Shes rab bzang po and mother of Kun dga' dpal 'byor (1428‑1476).  57 preface.  Niece of granddaughter of Tshul bzangs Du dben sha.

Bla ma KUN DGA' ZHIG PO — Met by (Bon zhig) Khyung nag.  A n. of ('Gru zhig) Kun dga', q.v.  Second Rab byung.  253 II 399.3, 466.2 ff.  244 372.5.

KUN DGA' GZHON NU — Dpon chen.  Petech (1983) 189.

Rgyus dkar ba KUN DGA' GZHON NU — TS7 I 271.

Zhing skyong KUN DGA' GZHON NU — The main 'earth lord' of the mt. ranges of Tsa ri, Tsa gong and Tsa nang.  5 136.5.  Work in 87 LXII.  See 216 510.4 ff.  346 172.1.  A worldly spirit in bio. of 'Jam dpal bshes gnyen.  LGCM 596.4.

KUN DGA' BZANG PO — With inscription in form A na nta bha dra, he appears as the patron for a Kālacakra maṇḍala thangka in Kossak, Sacred Visions plate 47b.  Evidently to be identified with the founder of Ngor; see below.  This name also appears in the form Kun dga' bzang po on the back of an image of Uṣṇīṣavijaya.  See Uhlig, On the Path to Enlightenment 156.  Also occurs in a patronage inscription for a Hevajra maṇḍala thangka in TPS 600.  Subject of bio. by Ngag dbang grags pa listed in BLP no. 0053.  Author of bio. of Grub chen Buddha shrī listed in BLP no. 0407.

KUN DGA' BZANG PO — (d. 1280 or 1281)  Born in Stag tshang in Gtsang.  His younger brother was Dpon Gzhon nu dpal.  He was grand‑governor of Sa skya Monastery during the 1270's.  Kuijp, Rivers 307 (and see especially p. 309, which details his horrible death).  See Dpon chen Kun dga' bzang po below, who must be the same person.

Gram pa KUN DGA' BZANG PO — 383 219.5.

Rgyal bu KUN DGA' BZANG PO — N. of Nāropa.  BD of T&TB I 827.

Ngor chen KUN DGA' BZANG PO — (1382‑1456)  Works in 36 VI.  F. Ngor pa (q.v.) subsect in 1427.  Waddell 71.  (1382‑1444)  F. Ngor Mon. in 1429.  Educated at Sa skya.  A voluminous author.  TPS 124.  Singh, Himalayan Art 206, and others have repeated the wrong dates of 1382‑1444.  From him came the Ngor lugs Tshogs Bshad (q.v.).  A member of the 'Khon family.  Dhongthog 27.  16 36.  5 189.6.  Nat.Geo. CXXVIII 590.  28 114.  Acc. to 28 16, b. 1382, f. Ngor in 1429, d. 1457.  A teacher of Kun dga' dpal 'byor.  57 preface.  Works listed in SBTD I 365.  Pictured in 128 1056.  449 33.3.  For artworks apparently patronized by him, see above.  His bios. are listed in BLP nos. 0648‑0649, one by Dkon mchog rgyal mtshan, the other by Bya bral Sangs rgyas phun tshogs & Gu ge Dpon po Nam mkha' blo gsal chos dpal bzang po.  Bio. by Dkon mchog rgyal mtshan listed in Filibeck, Catalog II 334 (no. 670.11).

Rgya ston Nang po KUN DGA' BZANG PO — BD of T&TB VII 167.

Chos rje KUN DGA' BZANG PO — Bio. listed in  BLP no. 0757.

Dpon chen KUN DGA' BZANG PO — Chag xlii.  Everding in TS9 I 117.  He was Dpon chen from 1270‑1275.  He was blamed for 'Phags pa's poisoning in 1280.

Pho rgod KUN DGA' BZANG PO — Great grandfather of Dalai Lama ii.  F. of Rta nag Rdo rje gdan.  Through him the Sreg lineage merged w/ the 'Jag subsect of Shangs pa.  23 8.

Bram pa KUN DGA' BZANG PO — He revealed teachings on the fusion of Mahāmudrā and Rdzogs chen contained in Rin chen Gter mdzod, vol. 92.  These were pased on to the Rngog lugs.

Dbus smyon KUN DGA' BZANG PO — (1458‑1532)  His bio. written in 1494 by Gnyug la Paṇ chen contained in 72 II 383‑560.  Jackson, Misc. no. 1302/1. The continuation by Lha mthong Lo tsā ba in 72 II 561‑660.  235 introduction 9.  The meeting of the 5‑6 year old Nam mkha' rgyal mtshan (1475‑1530) with him is related in 602 8v.3 ff.  Bio. by Gnyug la Paṇ chen Ngag dbang grags pa & Lha mthong Lo tsā ba listed in BLP no. 1546, with bio. by Zhabs drung Ngag dbang grags pa, no. 1547.  Bios. listed in Filibeck, Catalog II 339, 341.  Roesler, KSP 60.

Dpon chen KUN DGA' BZANG PO — Also called Mi dpon.  He controlled Dbus & Gtang in last half of 13th cent.  115 129.5 ff, 131.4.

Rtse Bla ma KUN DGA' BZANG PO — Shastri in TS9 I 133.

Sems dpa' chen po KUN DGA' BZANG PO — Bio. by Shākya'i Dge slong Legs pa bzang po listed in Drepung Catalog 1513.

Rje btsun KUN DGA' BZANG MO — (b. 1459) 5 310.3.  234 I A 18.6.  She was regarded as the rebirth of Chos kyi sgron me, daughter of the Gung thang king Lha dbang rgyal mtshan (1404‑1464).  Ehrhard, Corresp. xix.

Rgyal bu KUN DGA' 'OD — 352 547.8.  Canzio in Zlos gar 48.

Ngor rje KUN DGA' 'OD — In Guhyasamāja lineage.  17 II 410.4.  BA 365.  Disc. of (Rngog) Mdo sde.  17 463.3  BA 408.

KUN DGA' 'OD ZER — (16th cent.) Mergen Mañjuśrī Paṇḍita.  See Heissig 30. 

KUN DGA' 'OD ZER — (active, 1628)  Bandida Guushi.  Uspensky, Prince Yunli 31.

Khyung rtse KUN DGA' 'OD ZER — One of the founders of Bsam 'grub Mon. in 15th cent.  Thar in TS9 IV 164.

Slob dpon KUN DGA' 'OD ZER — Served as upādhyāya (mkhan po) at Klong chen's ordination.  A disc. of Karma pa Rang byung rdo rje.  Gave Vajramāla initiation to Mkha' spyod dbang po.  210 226.3.  115 144.1, 156.7.  52 2.

KUN DGA' RA BA — Skt. ārāma.  Generally speaking, in origin, a walled garden.  It is defined as 'a place where bhikṣus stay' (dge 'dun bzhugs pa'i gnas) in 171 440.2.

KUN DGA' RA BA — A temple on the back side of the 'Bras spungs Dga' ldan Pho brang. Dung dkar 76‑77.

Gzhu yi KUN DGA' RA BA — F. by (Rngog) Byang chub 'byung gnas in 1014.  Dhongthog 117.  BA 75, 792.  115 139.7.  Vai.Ser. 192.  Buston 204.

KUN DGA' RA BA MA — N. of a work.  Comm. in SBTD I 358.

Bya bral KUN DGA' RANG GROL — For sources on this 'das log figure, see Epstein in TJ 7 no 4 (Wint 1982) 80‑81.  His 'das log story was told by a Ma ṇi pa named 'Gyur med at the Smon lam Chen mo festival held in Washington DC in 2000.  LTWA no. KA3 / 24 / 2068 is a ms. in 441 pages, entitled:  Dmyal ba Mi yul gyi Sa mtshams Shi Gson Gnyis kyi Bang chen Bka'i 'Phrin pa Bya bral Kun dga' rang grol gyi Dmyal khams Gnas su Byon nas 'Khor 'das Kun gyi Chos rgyal Rin po che'i Dkar nag Dbye ba'i 'Bras bu'i Rnam thar Mdo tsam.  St. Petersburg collection has the same title, no. B9217/3 (see also B9217/2), but this is a xylograph in 42 fols.  BLP no. 1444 lists a ms. in 42 fols.

Smra dbang KUN DGA' RANG GROL — Author of Rgyal gshen Chen po'i Rnam rol Nges med Rnal 'byor Rgyal ba Dbang ldan gyi Rnam thar, listed in the bibliography of Namgyal's Zhang zhung dictionary.

Rang 'grub Dpon KUN DGA' RAB BRTAN — Disc. of Shākya shrī.  363 119.4.

Rig 'dzin Bskal bzang KUN DGA' RIG 'DZIN — An embodiment of Zil gnon dbang rgyal rdo rje.  Guru of Kun bzang rdo rje (1738‑1805), q.v.  One (Zur) Kun dga' rig 'dzin appears in 458 I 198.3.

Pu rangs KUN DGA' RING MO — In Bonpo lineage.  Bio. in 253 II 330.1 ff, where Pu rangs is spelled Spu reng.  206 576.5.  248 56.6.

KUN DGA' RIN CHEN — (1339‑1399)  15th abbot of Sa skya.  Brother of Bla ma dam pa. Dung dkar 77.  =Tā dben Kun dga' rin chen.

KUN DGA' RIN CHEN — (1517‑1584)  Sa skya pa.  [Should not be confused with the nearly contemporary 'Bri gung pa teacher by this name.]  Practically rebuilt Sa skya Mon.  He is subject of a bio. by A myes zhabs (b. 1597) in 76 2.  Ferrari 148.  TPS 156, 172.  Brother of Padma bdud 'dul, w/ whom he split circa 1775 to form 2 branches of Sa skya school.  See also Sgrol ma Pho brang.  84 230.  17 III 482.1.  Author of Gdan sa Chen po Dpal ldan Sa skya'i Gtsug lag khang dang Rten Gsum gyi Dkar chag, a manuscript used by Vitali in Lungta 14 (2001).  Sgo rum Mkhas chen Kun rin, Sa skya'i Rten Brten pa'i Dkar chag, BLP no. 1955.  Bio. by Ngag dbang kun dga' bsod nams (1597‑1662) listed in Filibeck, Catalog II 343 (no. 713).

'Bri gung pa or 'Bri gung Chos rje KUN DGA' RIN CHEN — (1475‑1527)  Son of Rin chen chos kyi rgyal mtshan (1446‑1484).  Served as abbot of 'Bri gung Mon. from 1494 to 1527.  F. Sgang sngon Mon. in Ladakh.  Probably author of Lo rgyus (history) cited in 168 preface.  Mentioned in BD of T&TB III 525.  Imprisoned by the army of Godan (?). 208 I 217.4.  Collected works in 357.  116 295.5.  BD of T&TB VII 175.  His bio. by Rin chen phun tshogs in 490.  His life story is told in Khenpo Könchog Gyaltsen (tr.), The Garland of Mahamudra Practices, appendix (pp. 104‑110).  His collected works in six volumes published in Delhi (in pothi format) in 2003. Sørensen in Lungta 16 (2003) 116.

Sgom chen KUN DGA' RIN CHEN — Kuijp in TH&L 293 n. 20.

Bdag chen KUN DGA' RIN CHEN — (1517‑1584).  DTK5 142.

Shar pa KUN DGA' RIN CHEN — (late 13th cent.).  DTK5 111.

KUN DGA' RIN CHEN — Ruler of Bhutan from 1773‑6.  Aris, Discourse 3.

KUN DGA' RIN PO CHE — Teacher of C.M. Chen who died before 1959.  See C.M. Chen, Discriminations between Buddhist and Hindu Tantras.

KUN DGA' LUGS — ?  See Das 21.

KUN DGA' LUNG RIG — Main spiritual tutor of Bsod nams lde.  DTK5 143.  This name labels a lama image found in HAR, no. 30126: rdo rje 'chang dngos kun dga' lung rig la na mo, and the same image was advertised in Walter Arader Himalayan Art catalog (2015).

Lha dbang KUN DGA' LEGS — Author of bio. of Dpal sgang Lo tsā ba listed in BLP no. 1315 (a Mtshur phu print).

Rje KUN DGA' LEGS GRUB — 374 II 90.4.

KUN DGA' LEGS PA — (1433‑1483)  A Phag mo gru pa prince.  39 15.  BD of T&TB I 898.  383 444.4

Mkhas btsun KUN DGA' LEGS PA — Hermit of Jangpukpa.  In thangka inscription in Rhies & Thurman 231.

Sgo rum pa KUN DGA' LEGS PA — A teacher of Mkhyen brtse'i dbang phyug (b. 1524).  Aka (Sgom rum) Kun dga' legs pa'i blo gros, and Kun legs.  Dates given as 1497‑1544 in BD of T&TB III 721.  374 I 434.4.  Bio., see Jackson, Misc. no. 1298.  Bio. by 'Jam dbyangs Mkhyen brtse'i dbang phyug listed in BLP no. 0608.

Dbang KUN DGA' LEGS PA — DTK5 114.

'Brug smyon KUN DGA' LEGS PA — (1455‑1529)  Most commonly called Kun legs.  See 20 3 (n.4).  Member of the Rgya lineage of Rwa lung.  Son of (Nang so) Rin chen bzang po, who was son of Drung rdor ba, who was the younger brother of both Nam mkha' dpal bzang (1398‑1425) and Shes rab bzang po (1400‑1438).  His incarnation lineage existed at Dre'u lhas, and a bio. printed there from 1892 blocks was reproduced in 1978.  See Stein.  There have been several translations of his bio. in French, German and English.  See Rikon Catalogue 461.  A Ra lung print of the bio. is listed in BLP no. 1260, and note also bio. printed at Mnyal ri lha, listed in BLP no. 1571; 'Brug pa Kun legs kyi Btsog Rnam Le'u Gsum, no. 1572; bio. by Badzra dhi gli bha dra, no. 1573.  Filibeck, Catalog II 340 (no. 704) lists three biographies.

KUN DGA' LEGS PA'I BLO GROS RGYAL MTSHAN — Bio. by Bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan listed in BLP no. 0054.

KUN DGA' LEGS PA'I 'BYUNG GNAS — Of Bkra shis chos 'phel.  In Thang lugs (q.v.) transmission.  29 7.

Ti shi KUN DGA' LEGS PA'I 'BYUNG GNAS — (1308‑1339)  Sa skya pa.  Some sources say he died in 1330.  Dhongthog 28.  Discussion of dates in Kuijp, KPTB 40.

Gnas gsar KUN DGA' LEGS PA'I 'BYUNG GNAS — (1704‑1760)  Famous Sa skya pa scholar.  His bio. by Ngag dbang kun dga' blo gros listed in BLP no. 1239 (and see also no. 1332).

Dbang KUN DGA' LEGS PA'I 'BYUNG GNAS — (1308‑1336)  Sa skya pa.  F. mon. in Re mda', to the W of Sa skya.  Dhongthog 28.

KUN DGA' LEGS RGYAL MTSHAN DPAL BZANG PO — His seal, given in 1378, illus. in Precious Deposits III 147.

Mon rtse Rtogs ldan KUN DGA' LEGS BZANG — Contemp. of Gtsang smyon.  20 10.

KUN DGA' LEGS RIN — Sa skya pa.  Work in 36 IV 806.

'Jam dbyangs KUN DGA' SENG GE — (1314‑1347)  8th in 'Brug pa Gdan rabs (q.v.).  BA 671.  57 IIB 367.5.  1 17.  Bio. by Bsam rgyal Kha che.  24 II 363‑447.  Author of bio. of his predecessor (Bcu gsum pa) Seng ge rgyal po.  24 II 303‑361.  487 I 52.1 ff.  See Aris in BSOAS XXXIX (1976) 634.

De ba KUN DGA' SENG GE — Work in 270.

Rtsis pa KUN DGA' GSAL BA — Student & contemp. of Bsod nams rgyal mtshan (1312‑1375).  Author of comm. found in 89. 

Rtse sdong Bdag chen KUN DGA' BSAM 'GRUB — 210 216.1.

Drung gnas KUN DGA' BSAM GTAN PA — Roesler, KSP 63.

KUN DGA' BSAM 'PHEL — 28 15.

KUN DGA' BSOD NAMS — (fl. 1370)  He acted as an interpreter of Tibetan for the Ming government. Toh, Ming 84.

Lcags zam pa KUN DGA' BSOD NAMS — 458 I 45.5.

Sa skya Lo tsā ba 'Jam pa'i rdo rje KUN DGA' BSOD NAMS — (b. 1485)  Longer form of name: Kun dga' bsod nams grags pa rgyal mtshan.  ='Jam dbyangs kun dga' bsod nams, q.v.  Author of a bio. of Glo bo Mkhan chen.  76 2.  Perhaps the subj. of the bio. listed in BLP no. 0835 (see Filibeck, Catalog II 344, no. 722, where his dates are given as 1597‑1659, the dates of A myes zhabs) and 347 (no. 742), where he is dated to 17th century.  In a forthcoming publication, David Jackson will give his dates as 1485‑1533 (tenure as 23rd chair of Sa skya from 1496 to 1533).  He is depicted (but incorrectly identified) in Kreijger, Tibetan Paintings, pl. 24, surrounded by his teachers (Rje Dkon mchog 'phel, Bdag chen Chos rje, 'Jam dbyangs shes rab rin chen, Grub chen Phyag rdor ba, 'Khrul zhig Tshul khrims rgyal mtshan, Mkhan chen Kun blo ba, Rje x x dge ba, Sngags 'chang x x dpal bzang, Shākya seng ge, Chos rje Yon tan pa, Gdong skyes pa, Ser chen Chos bzangs pa, Paṇ chen Grags pa rdo rje, & Glo bo Mkhan chen).  Author of a bio. listed in Drepung Catalog 1506.

A myes zhabs KUN DGA' BSOD NAMS — See under Ngag dbang kun dga' bsod nams.

KUN DGA' BSOD NAMS GAR DBANG 'GRO 'DUL RTSAL — TS5 812

KUN DGA' BSOD NAMS CHOS 'PHAGS — Alias of (Rig 'dzin) Bdud 'dul rdo rje.

Yar 'brog Khri dpon Hyentu Shrī KUN DGA' BSOD NAMS LHUN GRUB — Hendu Shrī.  Brother in law of Gter bdag gling pa.  Bio. written at his request circa 1689.  458 I 189.5, 352.5.

KUN DGA' LHUN GRUB — Bio. by Gter bton Nyi zla sangs rgyas listed in BLP no. 0055.  On a member of the Kar gling Zhi khro lineage by this name, see Cuevas, Hidden History 160.

Kong ston KUN DGA' LHUN GRUB — In lineage of O rgyan Bsnyen sgrub.  17 II 437.2.

Ngor chen KUN DGA' LHUN GRUB — (1497‑1557)  His work on Vajrabhairava publ. in 1978.  He is most likely the one depicted in upper corner of Rhie & Thurman, Worlds of Transformation plate 139.

Mnga' bdag KUN DGA' LHUN GRUB — 210 24.3.  Cuevas, Hidden History 185.  He is also probably the Chos rje Kun dga' lhun grub depicted at bottom of Kriejger, Tibetan Painting pl. 66.

Rmor chen Rdo rje 'chang Ngag dbang KUN DGA' LHUN GRUB — (1654‑1726)  Sa skya pa.  Dhongthog 43.  =(Rmor chen) Kun dga' 'byung gnas ?  Pictured in 128 450.  Bio. in 383 478.2 ff.

Yongs 'dzin II KUN DGA' LHUN GRUB — (1617‑1678)  'Brug pa Bka' brgyud pa.  He is the second Bde chen chos 'khor Yongs 'dzin.  Author of 176.  Collected works in 2 vols., see 8.  B. in Dbus near the Gong ri dkar po, 2 days SE of Lha sa.  7.  Apparently the lengthy version of his name is Ngag dbang kun dga' lhun grub thub bstan dge legs 'byung gnas bsod nams rgyal mtshan, q.v.

KUN DGA' LHUN GRUB RGYA MTSHO — Successor of (Rmog lcog) Kun dga' dge legs dpal 'bar in the Jo nang pa Lugs (q.v.), no. 26.

KUN 'GRUB BDE DGA' BZANG PO — Initiatory n. of Sa dbang bzang po (q.v.) by which he is known in historical sources.  39 12.

Thel pa Mkhan chen KUN RGYAL — BD of T&TB I 898.

Gtsang ston KUN RGYAL — (1126‑1216)  Aka Rgyal tshab Kun rgyal.  B. in Gtsang.  Went to Kaḥ thog  in his 56th year.  Dhongthog 88.  BD of T&TB III 360‑62.

Bdud 'dul gling pa KUN SGROL GSANG RTSAL — Teacher of Shar rdza.  253 II 502.1.  Perhaps this is Kun grol grags pa V 'Chi med bdud 'dul gling pa?

KUN BSGAD — A new name given on completion of Sanskrit grammar course.  Dungkar in TJ 8 no 4 (Wint 1993) 43.

KUN CHEN — See (— —) Zur phug Chos rje. 

KUN 'CHANG RGYAL PO — ?  253 II 379.3.

KUN SNYING LUGS — A Guhyasamāja school.  Dung dkar 78.

Rgyal po KUN TU GO BYED — In Jātakas.  Pictured in 128 736.

Rgyal bu KUN TU DGA' — 128 802. 

KUN TU DGE BA — N. of Lu i pa.  BD of T&TB I 401.  N. of the king he served as scribe.  Joshi, Studies in Buddhistic Culture 272. 

KUN TU RGYAL BA — Father of Thams cad sgrol.  TPS 469.

Gnod sbyin KUN TU RGYAL BA — 216 316.1 ff.  Emmerick. 

A rog KUN TU RGYAL BA — 'Jig rten mgon po, Bka' 'bum (2001) VI 139.3.

KUN TU RGYU — One of the Rtog ge Drug (q.v.)  Lang ka pu ri'i Smad tshong ma.  A prostitute in KTDN 67.4.

KUN TU RGYU MOS SKUR BA BTAB PA Dung dkar 78.

KUN TU 'CHANG — Pictured in 320 XIII 3.

KUN TU 'JUG PA RNAM DAG STON PA'I RGYUD — In 320 III 606‑31.

KUN TU BDE RGYAS SKU MCHED GSUM — 352 611.8.

KUN TU 'DRES PA — N. of river in Ba glang spyod.  Das 417.

Bde mchog KUN TU SPYOD PA'I RGYUD — Comm. in 145 IV 45D.6 ff.

KUN TU BZANG PO — The Bodhisattva by this n. is pictured in 128 22.  A n. of Nāropa.  BD of T&TB I 827.  For the Rnying ma pa and Bon po, a slightly personified version of the unpersonifiable ultimate Buddhahood, sometimes pictured as a naked, dark blue Buddha figure with or without consort.  The 'Total Good' beyond dichotomies.  Dung dkar 78‑79.

Rim gro ba KUN TU BZANG PO — Karma pa.  35 II 349.

KUN TU BZANG PO — Pl.n.  BA 452.  N. of a hermitage associated with Phag mo gru pa.  Kuijp in Lungta 14 (2001).

Dpal KUN TU BZANG PO — Pl.n.  BA 1092.

Rgyal bu KUN TU BZANG PO — A n. of Na ro pa.  73 53.4.  See also above.

KUN TU BZANG PO'I CHE BA LA RANG GNAS PA'I RGYUD — 319 VIII 299‑327.  31 chaps.  320 XII 439‑84. 

KUN TU BZANG PO'I MCHOD PA — Dung dkar 79.

KUN TU BZANG PO THABS SHES DBYER MED — Title listed in Everding's Bon catalog, no. JS 1851.

Dpal KUN TU BZANG PO BDE BA CHEN PO'I MAN NGAG — 320 II 226 ff.

KUN TU BZANG PO YE SHES KLONG GI RGYUD — 320 VIII 478‑522.

KUN TU BZANG MO — [1] Generally refers to the consort of Kun tu bzang po.  He refers to the enlightened 'subject', the Enlightened Mind (Bodhicitta), while she refers to the enlightened 'object', the experience of the enlightened 'subject', the Realm of Dharmas.  [2] A "slave of Padmasambhava" and a gter ma protector acc. to 210 150.1.

KUN TU BZANG MO — Woman author of the biography of Mon rdzong ras chen (15th century).  Probably the same as one of the printing sponsors of Mang yul Gung thang.

Gsang yum KUN TU BZANG MO — G.yang 'dzom is one of her students.  72 I contents.

KUN BTUS — Shortened title of Asaṅga's Abhidharmasamuccaya.  For an outline (sa bcad), see SBTD I 76.

KUN STER — TPS 494.

KUN THAR — P.n.  Stein, Recherches 160.

Shel grong KUN THAR — Havnevik, Dissert. 221.

KUN THUB RGYAL MO'I SGRUB THABS — 87 LXV.

Bzod thob Dpa' chen Gcan gzan KUNDA'I GZUGS — In Jātaka.  Pictured in 128 730.

KUN DAR MA — Aka Kun dar ras ma.  Lineage holder of the Nor bu Mthong grol cycle, which she received from the revealer (Bram pa) Kun dga' bzang po.

KUN DHA LI NA'I GLING — 124 440.5.

KUN DHAR LA MA'I GLING — 124 440.6.

KUN BDE GLING — Called Kontialing or Kundeling in JTL&CT 216, 230.  One of the four Gling of Lhasa from which the Regents were chosen.  Located W of Lhasa on the road to 'Bras spungs.  Also, =Brtan bzhugs chos 'khor (q.v.).  Waddell 253.  Waddell, Lhasa 375.  Schulemann 159.  Ferrari 93.  BA 1093.  One Kundaling Kusang la headed the women's protests in Lhasa of 1959; see Palden Gyatso, Autobio. 139.  May be abbreviated as Kun gling.  Dung dkar 80‑82.  Alexander, Temples 207.  Alexandre Andreyev, Tibet in the Earliest Photographs by Russian Travelers, Studio Orientalia (New Delhi 2013), p. 126 with photo.

KUN BDE GLING BLA BRANG — Location for a printery.  162 206.  See Mengele, dGe 64.

KUN BDE GLING RIN PO CHE — The present incarnation in India said to be in dispute.  Barlocher 588, 593, 627, 639.

Rje KUN 'DUL BA — Also called 'Or sgom, and Bla ma Kun 'dul.  Bio. in 206 573.6 ff, 575.6, 578.5.  248 53.3.  253 II 334.3 ff.  Redisc. in 313 II 89‑110, 207‑218.

Byang sems KUN 'DUS — Text in 320 I 443‑445.

KUN 'DUS GLING PA — See O rgyan 'gro 'dul+.

KUN 'DUS RDOR SEMS PHO BRANG — Sardar‑Afkhami, Account 11. See Ian Baker, Heart of the World 191 ff.

KUN 'DUS NOR BU'I LUGS — A style of visualizing the lama alone as representing all the deities.  Dung dkar 82.

Byang sems KUN 'DUS 'OD KYI RGYUD — Text in 319 III 365‑85.

KUN 'DUS RIG PA'I MDO — Title in 320 XII 2.

KUN 'DUS RIN CHEN RTSA RGYUD — Bon comm. in 292 II.  Comm. in 317 105‑191.

KUN 'DUS GSAL BA 'OD GLING — 253 II 379.6.

KUN RDOR SPRUL SKU — (b. 1953)  Presently in Switzerland, he is a Se ra Rje (Se ra Byes) incarnate.  Barlocher 407‑411, 765.

KUN LDAN — (1148‑1217)  Disc. of Phag mo gru pa.  Brother of Rgyal tsha.  BA 707‑708.  =Kun ldan ras pa, q.v.  =(Kun ldan Gtsang pa) Ras chung, q.v.  Pictured in 128 472.  484 I 858.1. 

KUN LDAN RAS PA — See under Kun ldan.

'Khrul zhig KUN LDAN RAS PA — Disc. of (Byang sems) Bsod nams rgyal mtshan.  In lineage of Gtsang smyon (q.v.).  Evidently a woman.  She is called Kun ldan ras ma, 'daughter' (physical or spiritual?) of (Byang sems) Bsod nams rgyal mtshan and Ma cig Kun ldan (q.v.).  =Ye shes kun ldan.  17 II 510.  Bio. in 74 I 207‑214.

Rgyal tsha KUN LDAN RAS PA — F. Khro phu Mon.  12 IX 87.5.  Surely ought to be identified with Kun ldan, above.

KUN LDAN SHES RAB — Gave the Dge tshul vows to Zhwa nag iii in circa 1291.  BA 489.  17 II 535.6.

KUN NAS DPAL — See under Sa manta shrī.

KUN GYI RNA CAN — N. of Yudhiṣṭhira.  Das 98.

KUN SNANG — Pl.n.  BA 5, 1039.

Rgyal sras KUN SNANG — 352 602.17.

KUN SNANG KHYAB PA — N. of a Bon 'creator'.  Tucci, Religions 214.  In center of a group of 5 deities.  Nine Ways 261 (n. 59).

KUN SNANG RTSA BA'I RGYUD LE'U RTSA GCIG PA — Bon tantra in 258 I 157‑231.

Kaḥ thog Mkhan po KUN DPAL — A teacher of Ngag dga' (b. 1879).  39 17.

KUN SPANGS — See (— —) Don yod rgyal mtshan; (— —) Bde legs rin chen; (— —) Chos grags dpal; (— —) Thugs rje brtson 'grus.

KUN SPANGS — See under A dhū.  BBNP 470.

KUN SPANGS CHOS RJE — In Kālacakra lineage.  475 119.4.

KUN SPANGS RJE — A teacher of Padma dkar po (1527‑1592).  1 27.

Sde pa KUN SPANGS DRUNG — A ruler of Bsam grub rtse.  See Rdzong rtse Byams pa thub bstan's history of Bsam 'grub rtse, at p. 11.

Gsi dkar KUN SPANGS PA — Karma pa.  Bio. in 35 I 646.

KUN SPANGS RI KHROD — 253 II 480.3.

Shu mi dhur KUN SPRUL — A 'Gu log incarnation.  23 32.

Bla ma KUN 'PHAGS — 377 22a.1.

KUN 'PHEL — Or, Kun 'phel lags.  Advisor to 13th Dalai Lama, his name is often spelled Kumbela.  ISTS xvi.  Goldstein, Hist. 147.

Bya btang KUN 'PHEL — 601 16v.5.

Rdzogs pa Chen po KUN BYED RGYAL PO — Text in Rnying ma Rgyud 'bum.  One of the root texts of Rdzogs chen.  BA 137, 145, 172.  27 69.  33 231.2.  Extracts and comm. in 36 I.  See also vol. XIV of Gsung Bka' ma.  217 708.5 ff.  Its full length title is given variously:  Lta ba Nam mkha Ltar Mtha' Dbus Med pa'i Rgyud+ in 319 I 383‑435.  Chos Thams cad Rdzogs chen Byang chub kyi sems Kun byed rgyal po in 320 I 1‑220 (contains 84 chaps.).  Dung dkar 84‑85.

KUN 'BYUNG SNYING PO RGYUD KYI RGYAL PO — Title in 320 III 606.5.

KUN 'BYUNG GSER MTSHO — Lake in Tsari.  17 IV 226.3.

Zhig po KUN RTSE — SFHB 728.5.

Chos rje KUN TSHANG — Illegitimate son of Bsod nams lde.  DTK5 144.

Ri bo KUN 'DZIN — KB 60.3.

KUN 'DZOM — "Where all meet."  N. of mt. pass on road to Lahul from Spiti.  Das 1056.

KUN WANG — TVS 155.

'Brug chen viii KUN GZIGS CHOS KYI SNANG BA — (1768‑1822)  For a list of his names, see 23 54‑55.  Bio. in 1 42.  23 48.  Author of 107.  Author of Guidebook to Tsari in 122 1‑59.  Author of Phyag chen Sngon Bsdus in 129 II 39‑53, and Phyag chen Sngon 'gro in 129 II 55‑151.  Works, see 465.  Continuation of his autobiography by Yongs 'dzin V contained in 136 365‑389.  Author of 414 5‑83.  Calls himself Chos kyi snang ba 'gyur med rdo rje'i snying po in 122 59.  In his autobiography, listed in Filibeck, Catalog II 348 (no. 744), he calls himself Mi pham chos kyi snang ba.

KUN GZIGS MTHONG BA DON LDAN — N. of 'Jam dbyangs bzhad pa iii.  Dung dkar 88.

KUN GZIGS PHO BRANG — A palace at Bkra shis lhun po built in 1837.  Dung dkar 88.

KUN BZANG — Disc. of Atiśa.  17 II 282.4.  Dung dkar 88.

Dpon chen KUN BZANG — Slain by the Mongol army at Bya rog tshang.  208 I 218.3.

Slob dpon KUN BZANG — (12th cent.)  Sometimes spelled Kun bzangs.  Father of 'Od 'bar seng ge.  Disciple of both of the 'Dzeng.  Bio. in BD of T&TB III 324.  BA 188.  He is none other than Kun bzang rdo rje, q.v.

G.yag sde Sprul sku KUN BZANG — Disc. of Shākya shrī.  363. 117.1.

Rab brtan KUN BZANG — Chief under whom Rgyal rtse reached its climax of power.  Built the Sku 'bum and Dpal 'khor Chos sde.  Tucci, Lhasa 41.  TPS 665.  =Rab brtan pa.  5 254.6.  Same as Kun bzang 'phags pa, q.v.

Lha rtse Grub chen KUN BZANG KLONG GROL — 453 160.2.

Rtogs ldan KUN BZANG KLONG GROL — Father of Snang gsal lhun grub, who in 15th century served Bon religion in Reb gong.  They descended from Grub chen Khyung dkar tshang ba.  See Tsering Thar's paper on Kokonoor tantric practitioners.

Glo bo Bla ma KUN BZANG KLONG YANGS — (fl. ca. 1689)  458 I 314.6.

Rtogs ldan KUN BZANG KLONG GROL — Lost ref.

KUN BZANG KHYAB GDAL LHUN GRUB — N. of a person?  In colophon of Nyingma work.  FM 221.1.

KUN BZANG 'KHOR LO — SBTD I 155, 252.  This is a name for a special type of concrete poetry often found in Tibetan art (on monastery entrance‑way walls, etc.).  It seems to have been inspired by the poetics of Daṇḍin.  It looks like a checkerboard with a single syllable in each square, made in such a way that it can be read in at least 8 directions, usually ending at the center, hence forming a 'wheel' ('khor lo) which reads 'well' (bzang) in 'all' (kun) directions.  An old example from Mtho lding illus. in Precious Deposits II 154‑5. Another example studied by Ehrhard in Lungta XIII (2000) 28‑32.

KUN BZANG GANG SHAR RANG GROL — N. of Shākya shrī (1853‑1919).

KUN BZANG GRAGS PA — Father  of Snang gsal.  453 30.3.

KUN BZANG GRAGS PA RDO RJE — (1528‑1565)  Died in 38th year, a Wood Ox.  DTK5 139, 140.  See under Kun bzang rdo rje grags pa.

KUN BZANG GLING — Pl.n.  210 75.1.

Rdzogs chen KUN BZANG DGONGS 'DUS — A redisc. of Padma gling pa.  See 12 XII 3 for comm.

Rdzogs chen KUN BZANG DGONGS PA KUN 'DUS — Redisc. of Klong chen pa in 87 vol. 89.

KUN BZANG DGONGS PA BCUD THIG — N. of precepts.  Lineage prayer in 344 215‑216.  =Kun bzang dgongs bcud.

U rgyan Thugs kyi Yang tig KUN BZANG DGONGS PA CHIG 'DUS — A redisc. of Thang stong rgyal po.  5 115.4.

Grub dbang KUN BZANG 'GYUR MED KLONG GROL — 384 III contents.

Lha lung KUN BZANG 'GYUR MED MCHOG GRUB — Author in 1725 of a bio. of Klong chen pa.  Kuijp in TH&L 289.

Sngags rams pa KUN BZANG 'GYUR MED BSTAN 'DZIN — (19th cent.)  BD of T&TB VII 642.

KUN BZANG 'GYUR MED TSHE DBANG GRAGS PA NGES DON GRUB PA'I RDO RJE — (recent)  Author of Rdzogs chen work in  239 XXX 515‑519.

KUN BZANG 'GYUR MED LHUN GRUB — Of Rdo dmar family (d. 1767).  TS7 I 258.

Rgod ldem vi KUN BZANG 'GYUR MED LHUN GRUB RDO RJE — See 370 preface.

Dpal me Mkhyen brtse KUN BZANG 'GRO 'DUL — (1897‑1946)  Subj. of bio. by (Zur mang Mkhan po) Karma tshogs gnyis rgya mtsho, q.v.  341.  A vol. of writings publ. in 1975.  344.  Aliases:  Bde chen rdo rje, Kun bzang mdo sngags bde chen gling pa.  One of many reembodiments of 'Jam dbyangs Mkhyen brtse'i dbang po (1820‑1892).  He was a 'Universalist' (Ris med pa).  His mon. Dpal me in Khams followed a fusion of Dkar brgyud pa and Rnying ma pa practices. 

KUN BZANG RGYAL BA RGYA MTSHO — Painting illus. in Baumer, Tibet's Ancient Religion Bön 164.

KUN BZANG RGYAL BA 'DUS PA — Bronze illus. in Baumer, Tibet's Ancient Religion Bön 163.

Sga KUN BZANG RGYAL MTSHAN — Became abbot of Sman ri Mon. in 1464.  Kværne 233 (no. 137).  Bio. in A tri 54 ff.  342 65 ff.  Kailash I 48.  Work in 418.  Verses of praise in 333 55 ff.

A mdo KUN BZANG RGYAL MTSHAN — (b. 1837)  Kværne no. 197.  Alias Nam mkha' dbang phyug.  Work in Bon Dag. 

Rig 'dzin KUN BZANG NGES DON KLONG YANGS — 19th cent. teacher in Padma bkod.  Alias, Rdo rje gsang ba rtsal.  His autobio. publ. in Two Rare 'Brug pa Dkar brgyud pa Biographies (1974).  Author, in 1882, of 433.

Phyag tsha Sprul sku i KUN BZANG NGES DON DBANG PO — TS7 II 982.

Mkhan po KUN BZANG CHOS GRAGS — Collected works  publ. in 1982+.  Also called Kun bzang dpal ldan.

KUN BZANG CHOS GLING — Mon. in Dolpo.  Snellgrove, Asian Commitment 148.

Lhas sgang pa KUN BZANG CHOS RGYAL — 458 I 189.2, 295.1, 327.6.

Zhe chen Rab 'byams vi KUN BZANG CHOS KYI NYI MA BSHAD SGRUB CHOS KYI GO CHA — 358 9.5.

KUN BZANG CHOS DBYINGS DPAL 'BAR — A disc. of Tshe dbang nor bu (1698‑1755), who wrote down instructions for him that are contained in 10.

KUN BZANG 'JA' LUS — Actually spelled Kun bzang 'bya lus in an inscription on a thangka depicted in Rhie & Thurman, Worlds of Transformation plate 75.

Rdo ba Grub chen iv KUN BZANG 'JIGS MED CHOS DBYINGS RANG GROL — (b. 1927)  Now residing in Gangtok.  Author of 151.  39 4, 11.  167 445 ff.  Bio. in Kailash I (1) 11‑12.  According to Tulku Thondup's Masters of Meditation and Miracles, there were two incarnations, both born in 1927.

KUN BZANG 'JIGS MED BSTAN PA'I NYI MA — See under 'Jigs med bstan pa'i nyi ma.

Rdzong gter KUN BZANG NYI MA — (1904‑1958)  Author of Gling rje Ge sar Rgyal po'i Sgrung Kong The'u rang gi Ra rdzong Phab pa, Si khron Mi rigs Dpe skrun khang (Chengdu 1999).  Aka Rig 'dzin Nus ldan rdo rje. See Gter ston Bdud 'joms gling pa dang Rigs sras Dri med 'od zer / Rdzong gter Kun bzang nyi ma bcas kyi Rnam thar Phyogs gcig tu Bsgrigs pa Dad Gsum Gser gyi Snye ma, ed. by Padma 'od gsal, Si khron Mi rigs Dpe skrun khang (Chengdu 2000), in 188 pages.

Chos rgyal KUN BZANG NYI MA — King of Mnga' ris Stod.  40 4.

Khri KUN BZANG NYI ZLA — (1514‑1560)  Son of Kun dga' rnam rgyal lde.  DTK5 135, 140.  Nonsectarian, but especially drawn to Old Tantras.  Took throne of Gung thang in his 16th year.  He lived until his 47th year, an Iron Monkey, when he was killed.

KUN BZANG MNYAM NYID RGYUD — Bon tantra in 258 III 1‑37.

KUN BZANG SNYING PO — A Torgut.  438 VII 19.5.

KUN BZANG SNYING PO — A n. of the Dpa' bo iv Phrin las rgya mtsho.

KUN BZANG BSTAN DAR — Author of Khregs chod Zin bris contained in Padma rig 'dzin, Chos Thams cad kyi Spyir Brtags (1974), pp. 501‑568.

KUN BZANG BSTAN PA'I RGYAL MTSHAN — (modern)  Scribe for index to 414. 

KUN BZANG BSTAN PA'I NYI MA — (recent)  B. in Mon.  383 478.1.

Phyag tsha Sprul sku ii KUN BZANG BSTAN PA'I NYIN BYED —  TS7 II 982.

KUN BZANG BSTAN 'DZIN — 346 116.4.

Rig 'dzin KUN BZANG BSTAN 'DZIN RGYA MTSHO — Rebirth of Bde chen gling pa.  365 164.1.  415 XI 74.1.

KUN BZANG THUGS GTER — Cycle of (Byang chub gling pa) Dpal gyi rgyal mtshan (q.v.).

KUN BZANG THUGS THIG — Cycle of Mchog gyur gling pa.  363 25.3.  Texts in 239 XXX 445 etc.

'Khrul zhig KUN BZANG MTHONG GROL RDO RJE — (modern)  345 10A.2.  377 44A.1.  For his various names, see  Havnevik, Dissert. 84, acc. to which, he died in about 1923.

KUN BZANG DON GYI 'PHRIN LAS — Text in 317 227‑41. Title listed in Everding's Bon catalog, no. JS 1843.

Khro rgyal KUN BZANG DRAG 'KHROS — Also, Kun bzang drag sngags.  Texts in 299 291 ff.

KUN BZANG BDUD 'JOMS —  ='Gro 'dul 'od gsal rdo rje.

Mi dbang KUN BZANG BDUD 'DUL LDE — See Bdud 'dul lde, etc.  King of W Tibet responsible for the edition of the Milarepa song collection in FM 206, printed in an Iron Mouse year.  Note the Bdud 'dul rgyal po in TPS 645. 

Se ra Mkha' 'gro KUN BZANG BDE SKYONG DBANG MO — (1892‑?)  TS7 I 357.

KUN BZANG BDE CHEN — In bio. of Snang sa.  Beyer 57‑58.

Chos mdzad KUN BZANG BDE CHEN — 363 116.1.

Gter ston KUN BZANG BDE CHEN RGYAL PO — His Rtsa Gsum Zab mo Kun 'Dus in 87 VII 1‑48.  =Smon lam rdo rje.  Bio. in 410 172B.4.

KUN BZANG BDE CHEN 'OD GSAL GLING — A hermitage in Rin chen brag.  23 72.  Retreat centre founded by Kong sprul, one of two such centres associated w/ Dpal spung Mon.  A n. of Tsā 'dra Rin chen brag (q.v.).

KUN BZANG MDO SNGAGS BDE CHEN RDO RJE — Alias of Kun bzang 'gro 'dul (1897‑1946).

KUN BZANG RDO RJE — (b. 1151‑?)  Achard, L'Essence 30, 31, 40.

KUN BZANG RDO RJE — Disc. of Shākya shrī.  363 117.1.  Alias of 'Phags mchog rdo rje, son of Shākya shrī.  464.

Rig 'dzin KUN BZANG RDO RJE — (1738‑1805)  Autobio. in 106.  B. near Gting skyes.  Padma chos 'phel was his disc.  His teachers included (Rig 'dzin) Mthu stobs rdo rje and Bskal bzang kun dga' rig 'dzin (who was an embodiment of Zil gnon dbang rgyal rdo rje).  His own reembodiment was (Rig 'dzin) Kun bzang rgyal mtshan (b. 1811).  TS5 470.

Grub chen KUN BZANG RDO RJE — Achard, L'Essence 83.

Grub dbang KUN BZANG RDO RJE — (in latter half of 14th cent.)  B. in Man log in S Mon.  BD of T&TB III 580.

Gsung sprul KUN BZANG RDO RJE — (ca. 1689)  458 I 309.3.

KUN BZANG RDO RJE GRAGS PA — (1528‑1565)  A king of Gung thang.  Dung dkar 88‑89.  See under Kun bzang grags pa rdo rje.

KUN BZANG NOR BU — (20th cent.)  STT 714.

KUN BZANG RNAM RGYAL — (1926‑1974)  King of Ladakh.  TS7 II 670.

KUN BZANG RNAM RGYAL — Author of bio. of Khyung lung ras pa listed in BLP no. 0197.

Kong smyon Rig 'dzin KUN BZANG RNAM RGYAL — A teacher of (Bres gshongs pa) Chos rgyal rdo rje (1602‑1677).  BD of T&TB III 790.  Probably to be identified with the (Lha btsun Chen po) Kun bzang rnam rgyal, below.

Stag chu Slob dpon KUN BZANG RNAM RGYAL — Disc. of Shākya shrī.  363 119.1.

'Dzar ka Sprul sku KUN BZANG RNAM RGYAL — (fl. ca. 1890)  470 42.  Evidently =(Dzaḥ ka Mchog sprul) (Rig 'dzin) Kun bzang rnam rgyal in 363 98.1.  Matthew Kapstein, "The Strange Death of Pema the Demon Tamer," in M.K., ed., The Presence of Light (Chicago 2004), pp. 119‑156, at p. 139.

Lha btsun Chen po KUN BZANG RNAM RGYAL — (b. 1595, arrived in Lhasa in 1648)  Rnying ma pa.  Generally considered the founder of Sikkimese Buddhism.  See =(Lha btsun) Nam mkha' 'jigs med.  Waddell 284‑285.  He joined with 2 others at Jo gsum to found the first Sikkimese religious institution.  T.H. 61.  TR XV (no. 10) 17.  58 940.  Pictured in 320 XXIV 2.

Lha KUN BZANG RNAM 'PHRUL — Younger son of Kun bzang nyi zla.  =(Lha) Rnam 'phrul.  DTK5 138.

Chos rje KUN BZANG PA — Abbot of the Bar khang of Bsam yas.  210 46.3 ff.

Rdo brag Rig 'dzin KUN BZANG PADMA PHRIN LAS [RTSAL]  (1641‑1717)  Incarnation at Rdo rje brag Mon. killed in Dzungar invasion.  B. at Mon Mkhar Rnam sras gling.  Dhongthog 28.  See under Padma phrin las.  Autobio. listed in BLP no. 0059.  His Gu ru'i Rnam thar listed in BLP no. 0311.  Author of bio. listed in BLP no. 1337.

Phyag tsha Sprul sku iv KUN BZANG PADMA 'PHRIN LAS RGYA MTSHO — TS7 II 982.  He may be the 4th or 5th incarnate.

Spang ston KUN BZANG PADMA TSHE DBANG — In Thang stong Snyan brgyud.  Bio. in 63 I 170.

Sprul sku KUN BZANG PADMA LEGS GRUB — Contemp. of Smin gling Lo chen.  242 III contents.

KUN BZANG DPAL — Disciple and secretary/scribe of Tre ston Rgyal mtshan dpal (14th cent.), q.v.

KUN BZANG DPAL — Newari in Kālacakra transmission.  475 128.1.

KUN BZANG DPAL LDAN — See Kun bzang chos grags.

Grub chen KUN BZANG DPAL 'BYOR — Mentioned in BD of T&TB III 724.  365 431.6.

KUN BZANG PHUG — 377 49B.3.

Chos rgyal KUN BZANG 'PHAGS PA — 5 172.1.  See following.

Si tu Rab brtan KUN BZANG 'PHAGS PA — (1389‑1442)  A ruler of Rgyal rtse & founder in 1440 of Dpal 'khor Chos sde, q.v.  Bio. by 'Jigs med grags pa phyogs las rnam rgyal, publ. in 1978.  Same verse bio. in 378 I 91‑106 (see also 160).  See under Kun bzang.  Second prince of Rgyal rtse.  Founded the main temple at Rgyal rtse in 1418.  Founded the Sku 'bum there in 1427.  56 119.  Ferrari 141.  IT IV pt. 1, p. 79 ff.  TPS 665‑668.  Wylie 139 (n. 217).  Macdonald (1963) 54‑55.  Son of Kun dga' 'phags pa.  Rgyal rtse Rab brtan Kun bzang 'phags kyi Rnam thar Dad pa'i Lo tog Rgyas byed Dngos grub Char 'bebs, by Bo dong Paṇ chen Phyogs las rnam rgyal, listed in BLP no. 0571.

KUN BZANG 'PHRIN LAS — See Thugs mchog rdo rje hūṃ nag 'gro 'dul.

Rdza mkhrang Bla ma KUN BZANG PHRIN LAS RGYA MTSHO — 377 22A.4. 

Skyid rong KUN BZANG 'PHRIN LAS DBANG PHYUG — (1772‑1812)  An artist. See Cantwell in TS9 X 361.  Perhaps subject of this biography: Mkhas mchog Bla ma Dam pa Kun bzang 'phrin las dbang phyug gi rtogs pa brjod pa, NGMPP reel no. L376/5, a text in 37 folios (source: Kurtis Schaeffer).

Zo lung Rje btsun ma KUN BZANG 'PHRIN LAS DBANG MO — A woman for whom Tshe dbang nor bu wrote a book in 1729 on Rdzogs chen.  10 568‑572.

Phyag tsha Sprul sku iii KUN BZANG BYAMS PA SENG GE — TS7 II 982.

KUN BZANG BLA MA — Snellgrove, Asian Commitment 334.

KUN BZANG BLO GROS — A modern teacher of Gzhis ka rtse who composed the 2001 publication Zhang Bod kyi Bstan 'byung Lo rgyus Lha Rgyud Rin chen Phreng ba Ma bcos Gser gyi Yang zhun.

KUN BZANG DBANG 'DU — Unsuccessful candidate in the (PRC) lottery for Panchen Lama.  Garratt in TS9 VIII 85.

Jo nang KUN BZANG DBANG PO — Kālacakra teacher of Tshe dbang nor bu.  383 454.2, 456.4, 458.6.  Essais 141.

KUN BZANG DBANG MO — Mother of Yol mo ba iii.  373 preface.

KUN BZANG ME LONG BRAG DKAR — A retreat place in Khri ka.  Dung dkar 89.  It was founded by Brag dkar Sngags rams pa Blo bzang bstan pa rab rgyas.

Sne'u gdong KUN BZANG RTSE — (Netung)  15th cent. civil capital of Tibet under the Phag mo gru pa rulers.  All that remains today is ruins and a monastery.  Ferrari 123. 

Dpal KUN BZANG RTSE BA — Contemp. of Kun dga' dpal 'byor (1428‑1476).  57 II 443.

Gzim shag KUN BZANG RTSE — A family residence in Lhasa.  TS7 I 449.  Havnevik, Dissert. 74.

KUN BZANG RTSE BLA PHYAG — ISTS xvi.

KUN BZANG TSHUL KHRIMS — (b. 1909)  Smith 206. 

KUN BZANG ZHI BA'I ZLOG PA — Work in 315 97‑104. 

KUN BZANG GZHAN PHAN — N. of 'Jigs med 'phrin las 'od zer, q.v., a name he received from the Zhe chen Rab 'byams pa II.  Pictured in 320 XXIV 3.

Lha lung Thugs sprul KUN BZANG ZIL GNON BZHAD PA RTSAL — Appears in colophon of 124 411‑597 as the one who was responsible for the woodblock carving. 

Dbus pa KUN BZANG 'OD — 115 23.5.

KUN BZANG 'OD ZER GAR DBANG BSTAN PA'I NYI MA — See Gar dbang 'chi med rdo rje. 

KUN BZANG YE SHES — A prior incarnation of Lama Yeshe.

Khams pa KUN BZANG RIG 'DZIN — (fl. ca. 1689)  458 I 362.1. 

Dpal yul Rig 'dzin KUN BZANG SHES RAB — Founded Dpal yul Mon. in 1665.  A disc. of Karma chags med and Dalai Lama v, at whose request Dpal yul was founded.  Author of FM 483.00.  Dhongthog 129.  Pictures in 128 1066 and 320 XXII 639.  See Cuevas, Hidden History 150 ff.

Brag dmar Sprul sku KUN BZANG SHES RAB — 363 115.5.

KUN BZANG SROG GI THIGS PA — Part of title in 320 VII 525 ff.

Sngags ram pa KUN BZANG GSANG SNGAGS — (ca. 1831)  471 110.6.

KUN BZANG GSANG SNGAGS BSTAN 'DZIN — Author of bio. of O rgyan rang grol rdo rje 'jigs med go cha listed in BLP no. 2110.

Mi nyag KUN BZANG BSOD NAMS — (d. ca. 1908)  Alias Thub bstan chos kyi grags pa.  A Dge lugs pa who became a Rnying ma pa.  Wrote comm. on Spyod 'Jug.  42 11.

KUN BZANG LHUN GRUB — 253 II 614.2.

KUN BZANG A SKOR — A Bon deity.  in Baumer, Tibet's Ancient Religion Bön 163.

KU'ANG Ṭ'U — Kong kra'u.  Dung dkar 91.

KUN RA — See (Gzhu) Kun dga' ra ba.

KUN RIG — A form and maṇḍala cycle of Rnam par snang mdzad (Vairocana) belonging primarily, but not exclusively, to the Bka' gdams pa school.  See 14 30 et passim.  185 219‑308.  349 VI 202‑320.  SBTD I 281, 401.  Sometimes called Thams cad rig.  'Dul 'dzin Grags pa rgyal mtshan composed a Sarvadurgati work entitled Bcom ldan 'das Thams cad rig pa'i Rnam bshad.  Dung dkar 90.  For a remarkable painting of this maṇḍala, see MBKP 136.

Sgom pa KUN RIG — Thondup, BM 160.

Bram ze KUN RIG — BD of T&TB I 845‑846.

Se ston KUN RIG — Disc. of 'Brog mi.  Evidently =Se Mkhar chung ba.  BA 208.  Kuijp in JIABS 17 (1994) 192.  The best source on him is Cyrus Stearn's unpublished work on the Lam 'bras lineages.  His b. place was Mkhar chung.  Cyrus says he died in 1122, age 98.  The chrono. at end of 3‑vol. dict. says he was b. in 1116!  He is depicted in a thangka reproduced in Rhie & Thurman, Worlds of Transformation plate 90, where his dates are given as 1025‑1113.

KUN RIG RGYAL PO — 320 I 418.7.

Zhang zhung KUN RIG RGYAL PO — ZZFC 248.

KUN RIG LAS BZHI RGYUN LNGA — Bon rites in 301.

KUN RIN — A civil leader (Sgom chen) of the 'Bri gung pa who led a revolt in 1359 which Klong chen pa tried to mediate. 

Sngags 'chang KUN RIN — See BLP nos. 0331, 0673.

KUN LA KUN SA — Nepalese disc. of Padmasambhava.  87 I 30.2.  Also, Kun la kun sa zhi, or, Kun la kun zhi.  KTDN A VIII 20.5, 24.5.

KUN LA 'JUG PA RNAM DAG DON GYI RGYUD — Text in 320 III 606‑631.

KUN LEGS — Common abbreviation of the name Kun dga' legs pa, q.v.

KUN SHES NYON MONGS DUG SREG —  Kværne 219.

KUN GYI BSHES GNYEN — BD of T&TB I 78.

KUN GSAL BYAMS MA CHEN MO'I GSANG MCHOD — Text in 313 I 551‑566.

KUN HAN PHUN TSHOGS KYI GLING — 124 440.6.

Chos dbyings Sprul sku KUN LHA BSTAN 'DZIN — In colophon to section SA of 334.  363 115.1.

Kong btsun KUN LHUN — Work in 260 511‑514.

KUM BHA RI PA — Mahāsiddha.  Tib.: Rdza mkhan zhabs.  Bio. in 120 157‑159.  Ku ma ri pa in BD of T&TB I 729‑730. 

KUL 'CHING RU — Pl.n.  BA 354.

KUS PA'I —  =Kus byi.  See (— —) 'Or myong nag.

KUS PO YEN — In Khotan.  Emmerick.

KE KE RU — Wife of King Gsal rgyal (Prasenajit).  Khyung sprul 12.

KE KRO DHA — ?  See Na ga ra ke kro dha.

Rgya nag KE CU — 170 25.3.

KE GU NA — Eimer, NG 114.  Alternative spellings Gri gu na, Gre gu na.

KE JU MKHAR — Yamaguchi in Acta Asiatica 29 (1975) 39.

KE TA KA — 377 32A.5.

KE TA KA'I DRIS BSGOS PA — Das 413 (no. 48).

KE TA'I YUL — A country not too far from the land of the Śākyas in Śākyamuni's time.  It's mentioned together with Śākya'i Yul and Gyad yul (Malla).  Lde'u 62.

KE TU KA — A cave (brag phug) at Mtsho lnga brag.  253 II 593.5.

Drang srong KE NA'I BU — KB 61.4.  Perhaps something like Kenaputra?

KE SPE NI YA — A name for Guinea.  Yongdan, TCW 106.

KE'U TSHANG — See (— —) 'Jam dbyangs smon lam.

KE'U TSHANG BLA BRANG — Printery.  162 193.

KE'U TSHANG BLA MA — See (— — — —) 'Jam dpal ye shes.

KE'U TSHANG NUB RI KHROD — Dung dkar 92.

KE'U TSHANG RI KHROD — N. of a hermitage near Se ra and another near Bsam yas.  Photo in Chapman, Lhasa 206.  Ferrari 103.  Tsandan gyi Ke'u tshang.  87 I 143.3.  See Alexandre Andreyev, Tibet in the Earliest Photographs by Russian Travelers, Studio Orientalia (New Delhi 2013), p. 25.

KE'U TSHANG RIN PO CHE — A high lama of Sera.  Avedon 5.

KE'U TSHANG SHAR RI KHROD — F. in 18th cent. by Ke'u tshang 'Jam dbyangs blo gsal.  Dung dkar 93.

KE'U RI MA — "Ke'u ri ma mo brgyad kyi gzugs rang byung."  LGCM 596.1.

KE RU — A chapel at 'On.  'On Lha khang.  Built by Khri srong lde btsan.  Place and mon. at 'On.  Tucci, Lhasa 126.  Tucci, Tombs 83.  BA 257.  Ferrari 119.  It could be the "Skyi ru lha khang" in Zangs ri County mentioned in Precious Deposits I 188.  Sørensen in Lungta 16 (2003) 86 n. 2.  Previous rebirth of Shākyamuni.  Ma ṇi Bka' 'bum I 40.5.  Jackson, MB 76.  Recently visited by M. Kapstein, who looked into their manuscript collection and identified a 12th-century Prajñāpāramitā ms. 

KE RU DPAL 'BYUNG — A temple built by Srong btsan in 'A‑zhwa.  Lde'u 285.

KAI LA SA RGOD — Dung dkar 91.

KE'U LI — Also, in various texts, Ka'u li, Ka'u le, Ko'u li, Kwa li.  These probably all go back to Ch. Kao‑li, standing for Koryô, name of the dynasty, and because of this an early exonym for Korea.  See Karsten, T‑K 5.

KE'U LI'I 'PHRANG — Dung dkar 93.

KE'U LE — Kuijp, Some Remarks 162, variant spelling (or reading?) for Ke'u lo.

KE'U LE KONG — LPNT VII 301.

KE'U SHAN — Horlemann in TS9 I 60.

KE'U SHAN BYI — Kauṣāmbī.  City near Allāhābād.  Emmerick. 

KE'U SHI KA — Sūtra said to be composed in Tibet.  413 581.2.  See Ko'u shi ka.

KEG SHI — Said to be a misspelling of Keng shi.  Dung dkar 91.

Phywa KENG TSE LAN MED — Karmay, Confucius 576.

KENG RI — BA 849.  Pl. where there is a cemetery where Ka ro pa meditated.  See following.

KENG RUS CAN — One of the 8 great cemeteries.  Das 630.

KENG RUS ME 'BAR — "An Indian cemetery."  5 86.1. 

KENG RUS ZHABS — See Kaṃ ka ri pa.

KENG LUNG GI LO — Dung dkar 91.

KENG SHI — Dung dkar 91.

KEM SHING KHRI SGO — N. of a city in China.  Sba 2.

KO KA THANG DMAR GLING — TPS 606.

KO KA LI KA — Like Lha sbyin, belonged to Buddha's clan.  'Jig rten mgon po, Bka' 'bum IV 490.4.  Lo ras pa, Gsung 'bum IV 501.4.

KO KI — N. of a country in India, discussed in Dung dkar 93.

KO KI LI PA — Mahāsiddha.  =Ko ka li pa.  Tib.: Khu byug zhabs, 'Cuckoo'.  Bio. in 120 192‑194.  A king who spent all his time in his pleasure garden of A mra trees until a bhikṣu came and informed him that his diversions were tinged with the three poisons.  When he meditated, he was diverted by the cuckoo birds, so the bhikṣu gave him precepts based on cuckoo bird imagery.  BD of T&TB I 760‑762.

KO KO THUNG MA — N. of a country in the vicinity of Ceylon.  Das 34.

KO KHYIM — BA 78, 617.

KO KHYIM PA — See (— — —) Ye shes bla ma.

KO GE PA — A (modern) people.  NMH 65.2.

Khyung po KO DGON — 253 II 613.1.

KO LCAGS 'GRO MGON — 377 21A.4.

KO NYA — N. of a country (yul).  Das 34.

KO ṬA LI PA — Mahāsiddha.  Tib.: Tog tse pa.  Bio. in 120 119.15.  Met Shanti pa as he was hoeing.  BD of T&TB I 696‑698.

KO'U DGON PA — Dung dkar 103.

KO'U TAM SDE — A famous temple.  332 preface 17.

KO TAṂ BHA RA — N. of a river.  115 56.6, 64.6, 67.3.  N. of a village.  BD of T&TB I 455.

Lha mo KAU STU BHA — KB 34.4.

KO STON — See (— —) G.yung drung.

Kun shes KAUṆḌI NYA — Ko'u ḍi nya.  One of the 5 first discs. of Buddha.  Dung dkar 90.

'Bro KO DE LUNG — Disc. of Dgon pa ba.  =('Bre) Ko de lung pa.  17 II 376.6.

'Bre KO DE LUNG PA —  =('Bro) Ko de lung.  BA 266.

KO DRE GRO CHUNG —  =Kom 'dre.  In the vicinity of Sa skya. Dung dkar 94.

KO'U BA — See (— —) Chos rgya mtsho.  (— —) Gzhon nu byang chub 'od zer.

KO BA BRAG — N. of a district in upper Tibet, in Stod lung.  Das 33.  Evid., also n. of a mon.  BA 727.  KTDN 60.3, 89.5.

KO'U BA RI PHUG PA — Dung dkar 103.

KO BANG — Chinese monk at ordination of Dgongs pa rab gsal.  17 II 340.1.

KO BO — See (— —) Ye shes rgya mtsho;  (— —) Ye shes rgyal mtshan;  (— —) Ye shes 'byung gnas;  (— —) Yon sgom thar mo.

Gshen chung KO BO — 333 II 497.1.

KO BRAG — A mon. f. by Ko brag pa Bsod nams rgyal mtshan, in the area of Rgyal rtse. Dung dkar 95.

KO BRAG PA — See (— — —) Bsod nams rgyal mtshan.

KO BRAG PA'I LAM 'BRAS — 17 II 400.3.

KO BRAG PHUG — In Ding ri.  Aziz 36‑37.

KO MANGS — Pl.n.  Snellgrove, Asian Commitment 144.

KO MDZO — Pl.n.  467 II 199.3. LPNT VII 358, 359.

KO MDZO DGON — LPNT VII 329.

KO RAN — Skya snga rtsa'i Ko ran (q.v.).

KO RI LI — Visited by Tilopa.  =Ki ri li.  36 V 252.

KO RU — BA II 992.  Where Sangs rgyas ston pa was born.  In Sgong ma. 

'Bri ldang KO RO — 210 156.2, 156.4.

KO RO SHI — See (— — —) Co ma Shān dor.

KO ROG DAR LUNG — 467 II 194.6.

KO RON — 4X I 148.4.

KO RON MDO — Everding in TS9 I 113.

KO RON SA — Place where Mi la ras pa's father settled.  See Skya snga rtsa'i Ko ron.  Wylie 130, n. 135.  BA 427.  See 17 II 472.6.  In Gung thang, Skya rtsa'i Ko ron.  4X I 7.3.  Ngan tswa'i Kong ron in 4X I 83.2 (but notice Ko ron in 83.7), 121.6.

KO LA SA — City in S Kha che (Kashmir).  57 II 6.

KO LONG BSDOM PA'I LHA DGU — Dung dkar 96.

Spyan snga KO SHAM PA — Name for (Spyan snga) Tshul khrims 'bar.  DCD 19‑20.

KO SHAM BI — Kau shāmbhī ni mdzod ldan te yul gyi ming.  Utpal 12.3.  Buddha stayed there a year at invitation of Blon po Gdangs can.  Dung dkar 96, 103‑104.  DCD 20 (Ko sham bi), 21‑23 (Ko'u sham bhi).

KO'U SHI KA — 17 II 391.4.  Sūtra believed to be apochryphal.  Sa Paṇ, Sdom Gsum (1971) 87B.5.  ko'u shi ka lha dbang brgya sbyin dang mkhas pa sogs mang po la 'jug.  Utpal 12.5.  See Ke'u shi ka.

KO SHENG — =Kong sheng, Ku sheng.  Chinese equiv. is Gucheng, while the Khotanese equiv. should have been Guma (Gūma).

KO SHRI — Prob. =Go shri.  See (— —) Ngag dbang bskal bzang.

KO SA — See Ngag phug Ko sa  or  Ngam phug Ko sa.  Ko sa means 'place of hide boats (coracals)'.

KO SA LA — Emmerick.  ko sa la ni rgya gar grong khyer gyi ming.  Utpal 12.4.  DCD 20‑21.  See Mnyan yod.

Lho KO SA LA — BD of T&TB X 9.20, 24.19.

KO SA LA'I RGYAN — Yogatantra comm. by Śākyamitra.  Dung dkar 97.

KO SA LA'I RGYAL PO — Picture in 128 694.

Ri bo Chen po KO SA LI — Mt. name.  LGCM 613.1.

KO SENG —  =Kong seng.

KOG YUL — A term used by Tibetans for the area of the Bru zha and Gog peoples.  See Karl Jettmar, The Gilgit Manuscripts and the Political History of Gilgit, Pakistan Archaeology, vol. 25 (1990), pp. 305‑314, at p. 310.  Might it have something to do with Gog & Magog?

KOG LANGS MKHAN — See Lu tsi ka pa.

KONG — See (— —) Ni ru pa;  (— —) 'Bru la Dgon pa;  (— —) Brag gsum pa.

KONG KA ṆA —  "U rgyan Kong ka na'i Lugs kyi Bde mchog bsgrub pa mdzad de."  17 II 256.5, 411.2.  BA 360.  N. of a country (yul) in S India.  Sometimes, Kongku na.  BD of T&TB I 414, 416, 546, 551, 904, 925.  Das 729A.  Discussion in Dung dkar 102.

KONG DKAR CHOS GRWA — A large Sa skya mon. f. by Kun dga' rnam rgyal.  Near confluence of Skyid chu and Gtsang po.  Tucci, Lhasa 149.

KONG GYO — BA 507, 515.

KONG RGYAL PO — Nine Ways 8 (Chapter 58).  'King Kong'.

KONG CO — Emmerick.

KONG CHA 'PHRUL BU — Kværne 225 (29).

KONG CHU BRLAG — Dung dkar 97.

KONG CHUNG PA —  =Skor chung pa (q.v.).  17 II 430.

KONG CHEN — See (— —) Nam mkha' dpal ldan.

KONG JO — Chinese wife of Srong btsan sgam po.  OTA 650, who has to be distinguished from Kim shing Kong jo, who lived in the following century.  Image illus. in Po ta la (1996) 60.  Ma cig Kong jo'i Lo rgyus listed in BLP no. 1592.  See Dung dkar, p. 52, under Kim shing Kong jo (the 8th century princess), and p. 1755 under Wun khreng Kong jo (7th century).

KONG RJE — Spirits.  "dkar po dmar po nag po gsum." "Kong rje Mched Gsum."  KTDN 67.1, 68.1.

KONG GTER — See (— —) Gung grags.

KONG STON — See (— —) (Gzhung brgya smra ba) Grags pa rin chen.  See (— —) Dbang phyug grub pa.

KONG STON CHOS RJE — Subject of an image constructed by his disciple Dngos grub bzang po.  P. Pal et al., Tibet: Tradition & Change (The Albuquerque Museum 1998) 56‑57.  Name occurs in a title in Drepung Catalog 901: 'Khor 'das Dbyer med kyi Zin bris.

KONG THUNG — Dung dkar 97.

KONG DANG LA — BA 986.

KONG PO — Sometimes, Kong bu, Rkong po.  'Country of ravines'.  Province SE of Lhasa, and E of Rtse thang.  Kong gsum refers to three divisions of the province (but also N. of a kingdom in India, evidently).  Das 36.  BA 181, 198, 200, 278, 481, 491‑494, 505, 515, 524, 529, etc.  Province in SE Central Tibet.  Goldstein 38.  Dung dkar 97‑98.

KONG PO — Its kings have descent from Yum brtan.  DTK5 76.

KONG PO — In place names.  See (— —) Bu chu Lha khang.  (— —) Bha kha.  (— —) (Tā) Klu sdings.  (— —) Sba la.

KONG PO — In personal names.  See (— —) Bstan 'dzin legs bshad;  (— —) Bam stengs Sprul sku;  (— —) Chab nag pa.

KONG PO DKAR CHEN — See (— — — —) Kun dga' grags pa.

KONG PO CHOS MDZAD See (— — — —) Bskal bzang bstan 'dzin.

KONG PO RTOGS LDAN — See (— — — —) Kun dga' rgyal po.

KONG PO DE MO — Inscription discussed in Dung dkar 98‑99.

KONG PO DPON SPRUG — Stearns, King 234.

KONG PO SPRUL SKU — Jackson, Patron 5.

KONG PO BU CHU — See (Kong po) Bu chu Lha khang.

KONG PO BRAG GSUM — BA 874.

KONG PO RDZOGS CHEN PA — Achard, L'Essence 96.

KONG PO RAB 'BYAMS PA — In work on Rdel rtsis.  480.

KONG PO SRANG — BA 496.

KONG SPRUL — See (— — i) Yon tan rgya mtsho (1813‑1899);  (— — i) Blo gros mtha' yas (1813‑1899).  See (— — ii) Dpal ldan mkhyen brtse 'od zer (1902‑1952).  See (— — iii) Blo gros chos kyi seng ge (1954‑1992).  (— — iv) 'Jam mgon blo gros chos kyi nyi ma bstan pa'i sgron me.

KONG SPREL — N. of an individual who made donations to repair Bsam yas.  Das 36.

KONG PHO — BA 550.

KONG BU CHEN — BA 495.

Myang stod KONG BU SNA — Lde'u 385.

KONG MO'I RI — BA 726.

KONG MO SIDDHI — Bio. in 453 33.2 ff.

KONG SMYON — See (— —) Nam mkha' 'jigs med rtsal.

KONG SMYON RIG 'DZIN — See (— — — —) Kun bzang rnam rgyal.

KONG BTSUN — See (— —) Kun lhun;  (— —) Bkra dbang;  (— —) Shes rab ye shes.

KONG BTSUN DE MO — Unidentified mt.  Wylie 116 (n. 24).  "Kong btsun De mo Sman btsun De mo."  KTDN 59.3.  Picture of mt. spirit in 128 1150.  210 164.3.  Stearns, King 41.

KONG BTSUN DE MO — See (— — — —)  Rdo rje bod khams skyong.

KONG RTSE — Confucius.  253 II 176.5.  Often called 'Phrul gyi Rgyal po, an epithet also given to the Emperors in OT documents.  Author of works in 315 513‑97.  Karmay, Confucius.  352 493.19, 800.8 ff, 802 ff.  476 I 418.6.  374 I 35.5.  Dung dkar 101, 102.  See under Bi rje btsan po.

KONG RTSE — See (— —) Lan med.

KONG RTSER BA — Pl.n.?  438 VI 492.5.

KONG TSHA DKAR PO — One of Sku sras brgyad (q.v.).

KONG TSHA 'PHUL BU CHUNG — One of Sku sras brgyad (q.v.).

KONG TSHA DBANG LDAN — Son of Lord Shenrab and his wife Rkong bza'. See Lhagyal in Karmay et al., eds., New Horizons 438.

Dbas KONG BZHER — Last of the Blon chen, he was killed in battle in 866. T.H. 46.

KONG ZA — See (— —) Rin chen.

KONG YUL — BA 495.  5 129.6.

KONG YUL — See (— —) Bres sna;  (— —) Spre sna.

KONG RAM 'TSHO — (11th cent.?)  217 710.2.

KONG RAM SMAN BLA — See (Sman bla) Don grub.

KONG RON — See Ko ron.

KONG LI — Korea.  Dung dkar 45.

KONG SENG — Region of Khotan.  Emmerick.

KON TA LI — Mahāsiddha.  Pictured in 128 54A.

KON TI — Kuntī, mother of some of the Pāṇḍava brothers; Roesler in Facets 164.

KON TING GU RI BA — HS LV 203.4.

KON TING GO SHRI — Dung dkar 102.

Rgyal chen KON YUN CHANG — Lo rgyus by Thu'u bkwan listed in BLP no. 0506.

KAUNDI NYA — 'khor lnga sde bzang po'i nang gi de'o.  Utpal 12.5.

KON PA KRA — Prince, son of 'Brong gnyan lde'u.  3 14.

KOM 'PHRANG CHOS RJE — See (— — — —) Ye shes dngos grub.

KOM SHING KONG JO — Youngest daughter of the fifth emperor of Tang dynasty.  Married Mes 'ag tshoms.  Das 37.  See Kim shing Kong jo.

KOR KA NA — Mahāsiddha. Pictured in 128 31A.

KOR KOR — 391 V 332.

KOR SHI BI — N. of a shrine.  Emmerick.

KOL TI — BA 490.

Mkhan po KOL TI BA — (ca. 1180)  476 I 101.2, 103.3.  484 I 841.2.

KYA YE GON — Pollock, Forms 345, 356.  Identified as Jiayuguan, the fort marking the end of the Great Wall in Gansu.

KYA LA —  =Rgya la.  Petty state in Tibet.  Chief city is (Rgya la) Seng gdong.  Where Gtsang po enters a chasm in the mts.  Das 123.  Evid. =(Kong po) Rgya la.  5 222.4.  Das JTL&CT 123.  Gyala Peri (=Rgya la Dpal ri) Mountain; see Bailey, No Passport 124, etc.

KYA LA MKHAN PO — See (— — — —) Chos mchog.

KYAN HE ZIR — N. of a mon. at Ri bo Rtse lnga, where Lcang skya's funerary monument, his gdung rten, is found.  Dung dkar 105.

KYI GTO 'BUM NAG PO — Bon sūtra.  Das 835.  Something appears wrong here, since the syllable kyi surely doesn’t belong to the title.

KYI STON — A Rdzogs chen teacher who traveled to India w/ Ras chung pa.  4 191B.1.

KYI NA TSUG — See Khyi na tsug.

KYI NOR — See (— —) Ye shes dbang phyug.  The name Kyi nor signifies that he was a Kinnauri.

KYI BAR RIN SGANG — Vai.Ser. 254.

KYI TSHANG — BA 874.  Kyi tshang Brag of 'Phyongs rgyas.  24 I 218.1.  =Skyi tshang (q.v.).

KYI TSHO — Monastic faction.  Dung dkar 105.  It included the Khri tsho, Brang tsho, Rgya tsho and 'Dar tsho.  It was divided into Kyi tsho Stod pa, Bar pa & Smad pa.

Pho brang KYI'I 'ON LJANG NGO — See 'On ljang rdo.  17 II 330.5.

KYI RI LJON SNGON — An area mentioned among the minor kingdoms in an O.T. text. Dung dkar 105‑106.  In later texts called Gyi ri ljongs sngon.

KYI ROG SNANG KHA — Vai.Ser. 254.

KYI HUN — Dung dkar 106.  Title of Ming Emperor, elsewhere transcribed as Kyen bun.  Toh, Ming 100.

Pho brang KYA BYU'I GLING — Place of printing of FM 710.00.

KYIN THĀ ZI — Dung dkar 106.

KYU RA — Clan n.  See =Skyu ra. 

KYU RA — See (— —) 'Od zer rgyal mtshan;  (— —) Rin chen rgyal mtshan;  (— —) Rin chen 'od zer.

Sprul sku KYU RA — Redisc. in 260 319‑326.

KYU RA RNAL 'BYOR — See (— — — —) Blo gros rgyal mtshan.

KYAI RDO RJE — Hevajra.  Many studies in  145 III.  Nine‑deity.  349 XVIII, XXVI.  374 383.5 ff.  History and bios., see SBTD I 366.  Thangka in Essen & Thingo, Die Götter des Himalaya 167.  A 14th cent. brocade thangka (including a Karma pa depiction) illus. in Po ta la (1996) 145.  The 10 different traditions & so forth discussed in Dung dkar 106 ff.

KYAI RDOR MKHAN PO — See (— — — —) Ngag dbang mkhas grub.

KYE PO — See (— —) Ye rdor.

KYEN KHANG — Dung dkar 109.

KYEN 'UN — Dung dkar 109.

KYEM BU — In colophon to FM 521.02.

KRA KRAG — Pl.n.  See 82 90.

KRA CHUNG — ? Uncertain reading.  See (Pha rgod) (— —) Chos kyi rgya mtsho.

Dge bshes KRA RA BA — Student of Yol Chos dbang.  At Tre ka Brag he taught the Bka' gdams pa teachings to Dus gsum mkhyen pa.  356 58.6.  35 I 5.

KRA'U SHAR MA'I RGYAL RABS — Dung dkar 113.

KRA SANG THAL JI — Mongol king.  208 I 236.1.

KRANG AM BAN — Krang Am ban gyi Phal skad, a work on colloquial language by Chang Keng, Amban from 1888‑1890.  Filibeck, Catalog II, no. 1136.

KRAS PO — CHMO 15 14.

KRI — Valley upstream from Lhasa where the Zhol pillar originally stood.

Rgyal po KRI KI —  "Rgyal po Khri ka'i rmi lam ltar."  Sa Paṇ, Sdom Gsum 20A.2.  242 III 245.2.  397 V 191.2.

KRI KRI — A personal deity (yi dam).  Image in Jo khang Temple.  Essais 170.

Rgyal po KRI KRI —  =Kring kring?  =Kri ki?  413 74.1.  'Jig rten mgon po, Bka' 'bum (2001) VI 196.5.  In n. of a sūtra.  Dung dkar 109.  DCD 23‑24.  Kṛkin?

KRI NA YI PA TO BHUN ṬA — ?  BD of T&TB VII 280. 

KRI YA — Dung dkar 110.

KRI YA DON GYI LHA DRUG — Dung dkar 110.

KRI YA SA MU TSTSHA — Dung dkar 110.

KRI YA'I LHA TSHOGS BCO LNGA — Dung dkar 110.

KRI YOG — Dung dkar 110‑111.

KRI LI KRA NA — A country (yul) in India.  132 108.4.

KRI ṢṆĀ — Mother of two of the Pāṇḍava brothers (but this name should be rather Mādrī); Roesler in Facets 164.

Jo bo KRI ṢṆA — Teacher of Rong zom.  (?)  166 12.6.

Paṇḍi ta KRI ṢṆA — In Tibet in 17th cent., working with Tāranātha.  Mtshan tho no. 124.

KRI ṢṆA RA DZA — BD of T&TB I 366.

KRI SHNA A NAN TA — Picture and bio. in 373 I 18.

KRIG BRTAN — Kapstein, Dialectic 272.

KRING KRING RA DZA —  =(Rgyal po) Kri kri?  320 II 460.6.

KRUNG THANG RGYAS DPYAD — Dung dkar 111‑112.

KRUNG THANG CHEN PO — Engelhardt in TS9 I 238.

KRUNG THANG HPHU KHANG AN — Dung dkar 112.

KRE NAB MA — KB 95.3.

KRE MAṆḌAL — An unidentified area of Mdo khams.  Dung dkar 113.

KRE HO — See (— —) Blo bzang 'phrin las.

KRE HOR — See (— —) Blo bzang thabs mkhas.

KRO TI SHO RI — Consort of Yang dag He ru ka.  'Jig rten mgon po, Bka' 'bum (2001) V 380.2.

KRONG SAR — In Lho brag.  363 142.4.  346 89.6.

Dwags po KRONGS KHA — CFMS 79.

KLA KLO — Descriptions in NMH 71 ff.  Klo nag, etc.  Discussion of several meanings of the name in NMH 138 ff.  Story of their origins.  498 IVB 73.2 ff.  Dung dkar 113.

KLA KLO MTHA' 'KHOB KYI ZHAL LCE — Dung dkar 113‑114.

Slob dpon KLAG MDA' BA — (after 1170)  476 I 79.7.

KLAG PA LAM PA — See (— — — —) Klu mes Tshul khrims.  See also Glag pa lam. 

Byang KLAG BRAG — BA 238.

KLAGS — BA 862.

KLAGS GNAS CHEN —  =Glag Gnas mo che in BA 95.  124 487.3.

KLAGS MA — See (— —) Brag dkar.

KLANG CHUNG RA GSAR — A town in Go 'jo.  See Mengele, dGe 66.

KLAD DON NOR BU'I BRGYUD 'GREL — Title in 325 277‑293.

Snar KLAS MO CHE — BA 81, 421, 600, 1068, 1069.  Spelled Blas mo che in BA 82.  17 II 345.1.  Not far from Snar thang, Kha che Shākya shrī taught there.  Dung dkar 114.

KLU — Nāga.  See Combe 77; Beyer, index under 'Lu'.  8 Nāgas listed in 445 III 32.1.  One among the Mgur lha (q.v.).  On the klu castes, see Bellezza, Divine Dyads 417.

KLU DKYIL — "Likir."  La dwags mon. f. by Lha chen Rgyal po (ca. 1050‑1080).  Roerich, Trails 18.  14 28, 106, 118‑121.  See Klu 'khyil.  LaRocca, Warriors 43 ff.

KLU SKAR RGYAL — See (Klu) Skar rgyal. 

KLU KHANG — Often referred to as Rdzong rgyab Klu khang.  A brief historical sketch given in Dung dkar 114‑115.  The murals have been made subject of some studies and a book.

KLU KHANG NUB — Henss, CMT 158.

KLU KHANG PA — Photo in 424 229.

KLU KHANG PA — See (— — —) Tshe dbang rab brtan.

KLU'I KHYAB 'JUG — King of Vajrāsana.  413 139.3.

KLU'I MKHAR — A name for Jālandhara.  Lobzang Shastri, Jalandhara in the Eyes of Tibetan and Trans‑Himalayan Pilgrims, TJ 34 no 2 (Summ 2009) 12.

KLU 'KHYIL GYI DGON PA — DTK5 185.  See Li kir. Dung dkar 116.

KLU GAN RKYAL — Nīlakantha.  The famous reclining nāga of the Nepal valley.  Dung dkar 116.

KLU GONG — N. of a place in 'Phan yul.  BA 310.

Rams KLU GONG PA — See =(Ram) Btsan can.

KLU DGA' — See Lha dga' Klu dga'.

Gshen chen KLU DGA' — (996‑1035)  He redisc. Srid pa'i Mdzod phug (q.v.) in 1017 at 'Grig mtshams Mtha' dkar.  See 23 6.  348 130.2.  Bios. in SFHB 238‑244; and 253 II 184 ff, 538.1.  Redisc. in 258 I 157‑231.  Work in 260 421‑422.  Terma in 270; 261 1‑30.  277 129 ff.  286 II 1‑50, 157‑160.  288 1‑368.  301 II 231‑405.  Kværne nos. 68 & 75.  274 I 193‑196.  Kværne, Canon 34.  Subject of the book Unearthing Bon Treasures, published by Brill (Leiden).

Khyung po KLU MGON — 253 II 230.3.  Karmay, Treasury 178.

Smer Blon che KLU MGON — Patron of an image according to its inscription.  See Acta Orientalia 55 (1994) 109.  TS7 II 973.

Snyel 'or KLU MGON SGRA — Scribal colophon reproduced in C. Scherrer‑Schaub & George Bonani, "Establishing a Typology of the Old Tibetan Manuscripts: A Multidisciplinary Approach," contained in: Susan Whitfield, ed., Dunhuang Manuscript Forgeries, British Library (London 2002), pp. 184‑215, at p. 201 (fig. 25.3b).

KLU RGYAL — Kuijp in TH&L 303, 304.

Bla mchan Bla ma KLU RGYAL — 363 120.4.

Ra sangs KLU RGYAL — 248 15.3.

Lha bzo KLU RGYAL — I came across this name in an account of 'Dzeng in the history of the Rdo rje zam pa.  'Dzeng commissioned him to make a portrait of Pha dam pa.

KLU'I RGYAL PO BRGYAD — See description of the Eight Nāga Kings in  'Jig rten mgon po, Bka' 'bum (2001) V 395.

KLU'I RGYAL PO SANGS RGYAS BCOM LDAN 'DAS — Dung dkar 124.

KLU'I RGYAL POS BSDUS PA'I RGYUD — Title in 320 XXVI 209.7.

Cog ro KLU'I RGYAL MTSHAN — F. mon. at Spyi bo of Mchims phu.  Bio. info. in LGCM 636.1.  Ferrari 115.  9 6.  17 II 325.5, 345.6.  BA 344‑5.  87 I 58.6, 60.1, 62.6, 94.6.  Picture 128 1028.  Achard, L'Essence 66, 96.  Listed in Mtshan tho no. 10.

KLU RGYAL GZI CHEN — Lhagyal in Karmay, ed., New Horizons 449.

KLU SGUG — An area of Lhasa, near G.yu thog Zam pa.  Also called Klu sbugs. Dung dkar 116‑117.

KLU SGUG SGAR SA — Dung dkar 117.

KLU SGUG LCANG CHUNG SGOR MO — Dung dkar 117.

KLU SGRUB — Nāgārjuna.  See Nā gā rdzu na.  As part of Rnying ma transmission, see bio. in BD of T&TB III 28.  As part of Mahāmudrā transmission, he follows Blo gros rin chen.  57 IIB 342.  Names 1) as householder, Dharma dha ra.  2) monastic, Shā kya bshes gnyen.  3) as initiate, Mi bskyod rdo rje.  4) as prophesied, Klu sgrub.  5) Secret n., Badzra ra ka or Gnyis med rdo rje.  Those names acc. to bio. in 24 I 52.6 ff.  List of works contained in 24 I 56.4 ff.  Pictured in 128 69A, 268, 320.  His n. is often prefixed with epithets such as 'Phags mchog and Dpal mgon 'Phags pa.  Bios. in 165 251; and BD of T&TB I 163‑193.  As physician, see KB 126.4.  K. Yeshi & N. Katz, "The Hagiography of Nagarjuna," contained in Kailash 5 (1977), no. 4, p. 269 ff.  Klu sgrub Yab sras kyi Rnam thar by 'Brug chen iv Padma dkar po listed in BLP no. 0128.  Dung dkar 117‑120.

KLU SGRUB RGYA MTSHO — Student of Rol pa'i rdo rje (b. 1717). 

Mkhan po KLU SGRUB RGYA MTSHO — (contemporary abbot at Sa skya)  See Loseries in TS7 vol. 2, pp. 587 ff.

Mang thos KLU SGRUB RGYA MTSHO — (b. 1523)  2nd successor of Tshar chen Blo gsal rgya mtsho.  Lived at end of 16th cent.  Ferrari 156.  374 I 472.2 ff.  His collected works in 4 vols have been published in pothi style in Kathmandu in 1999.  Autobio. listed in BLP no. 1600.

KLU SGRUB SNYING PO — Evid., an Indian Mahāsiddha in early transmission lineage of Mahāmudrā. 

KLU SGRUB PHUG — 115 45.3, 45.7.

KLU SGRUB YE SHES SNYING PO — In ancient Bon Rdzogs chen transmission.  253 II 370.

KLU SGRUB LUGS KYI BCU GCIG ZHAL LHA SUM CU RTSA BDUN — Dung dkar 120.

KLU BRGYAD PA — Reading teacher of Mi la ras pa.  BA 417.  Also, Klu brgyad or Klu chen brgyad (q.v.). 

KLU'I CHAB RAG — N. of a mt. range at source of Klu chu (q.v.). 

KLU CHU — (T'ao shui).  BA 53.  Called T'ao ho in Chinese.  Rises in Klu'i Chab rag range and flows N through Co ne, joining the Rma chu.  Wylie 119 (n. 45).  Dung dkar 120.

KLU'I CHU — River in Lus 'phags pa.  Das 417.

KLU CHEN BRGYAD — See list in Das 45.  N. of Mi la ras pa's reading teacher.  4X I 7.4.  Dung dkar 116, 120.

KLU MCHOG DGON — Vai.Ser. 242.

KLU RJE BTSAN PO — Bellezza, L&T 73.

KLU RJE ZING BRTSAN — Bellezza, L&T 75.

KLU GTOR — SBTD I 404.

KLU YI STOBS LDAN — N. of Bhima, the Pāṇḍava.  Das 98.

Nyag rong KLU THOG BSKAL BZANG — 346 46.2.

KLU DA RU GA CHE — Dung dkar 121.

KLU'I DUG BCOM — A cosmological ocean.  Das 416.

KLU GDOL PA'I RIGS — "outcaste Nāgas."  An order of Nāga (their color is blue).  Wylie 26. 

KLU BDUD NAG PO — Dung dkar 121.

Glang sgo KLU BDUD RDZONG — Mi la ras pa stayed there.  4 116A.3.

KLU BDUN — ?  Dung dkar 121.

KLU MDA' TSHE — BA 876.

KLU 'DUL KHYUNG CHEN PHUG — Here Padmasambhava transformed himself into a Garuḍa and conquered the Nāgas.  Ferrari 116.