2nd Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1486 to 1542 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gedun Gyatso,[1] (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ།, Wylie: dge-'dun rgya-mtsho, "Sublimely Glorious Ocean of Spiritual Aspirants", layname: Yonten Phuntsok; 1475–1542) also Gendun Gyatso Palzangpo, was considered posthumously to have been the second Dalai Lama.
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Title | 2nd Dalai Lama (posthumous designation) | ||||||
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Born | Sangye Phel 1475 | ||||||
Died | 1542 (aged 66–67) Tibet | ||||||
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||||
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Period in office | 1486–1576 | ||||||
Predecessor | Gedun Drupa | ||||||
Successor | Sonam Gyatso | ||||||
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Chinese | 根敦嘉措 | ||||||
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Tibetan | དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ། | ||||||
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