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1st Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama of Tibet (1391–1474) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st Dalai Lama, Gedun Drupa[1] (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན་གྲུབ་པ།, Wylie: dge 'dun grub pa; 1391–1474) was a student of Je Tsongkhapa, and became his first Khenpo (Abbott) at Ganden Monastery. He also founded Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigaste. He was posthumously awarded the spiritual title of Dalai Lama.[2]
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Title | 1st Dalai Lama (posthumous designation) | ||||||||
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Born | Péma Dorjee 1391 | ||||||||
Died | 1474 (aged 82–83) Ü-Tsang, Tibet | ||||||||
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||||||
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Successor | Gedun Gyatso | ||||||||
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Chinese | 根敦朱巴 | ||||||||
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Tibetan | དགེ་འདུན་གྲུབ་པ | ||||||||
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Chinese | 巴玛多杰 | ||||||
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Tibetan | པད་མ་རྡོ་རྗེ་ | ||||||
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