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2nd Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1486 to 1542 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2nd Dalai Lama, Gedun Gyatso,[1] (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ།, Wylie: dge-'dun rgya-mtsho, "Sublimely Glorious Ocean of Spiritual Aspirants", 1475–1542) was also known as Yonten Phuntsok, or Gedun Gyatso Palzangpo. He was ordained at Tashilhunpo Monastery at Shigatse, and later resided at Drepung Monastery in Lhasa. He was posthumously entitled as the 2nd 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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