7th Dalai Lama
Spiritual and political leader of Tibet from 1720 to 1757 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (Wylie: bskal bzang rgya mtsho; 1708–1757, also spelled Kalzang Gyatso, Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso), was recognized as the authentic 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was seen as the true incarnation of the 6th Dalai Lama, and was enthroned after a pretender supported by the Koshut Khan was deposed.
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7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso | |||||||
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Title | His Holiness the 7th Dalai Lama | ||||||
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Born | 1708 | ||||||
Died | 1757 (aged 48–49) | ||||||
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism, Gelug school | ||||||
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Period in office | 1720–1757 | ||||||
Predecessor | 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso | ||||||
Successor | 8th Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso | ||||||
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Chinese | 格桑嘉措 | ||||||
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Tibetan | བསྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ | ||||||
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The 7th Dalai Lama was a great scholar, a prolific writer and a poet. His collected works run seven volumes and contain numerous commentaries, liturgical works as well as many religious poems.[1]