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Rinchen
Rinchen, meaning "treasure", is a Tibetan name, used by speakers of various Tibetic languages. It is also used as a given name by Mongols, seen as early as the Yuan dynasty. As a Mongolian name, it has various spellings such as Rinchin, Renchin, or Erinchin. People with Rinchen as one of their given names, or as a patronymic, include: Buddhist leaders and teachers * Rinchen Chok of Ma (), one of the disciples of Padmasambhava *Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055), translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan *Yeshe Rinchen (1248–1294), Imperial Preceptor at the court of the Yuan dynasty *Rinchen Gyaltsen (–1305), ruler of the Sakya school * Buton Rinchen Drub (1290–1364), eleventh abbot of Shalu Monastery * Gendün Rinchen (1926–1997), 69th Je Khenpo of Bhutan * Sonam Rinchen (1933–2013), teacher of Buddhist philosophy and practice in Dharamshala, India Mongol nobility *Rinchinbal Khan (1326–1332), tenth emperor of the Yuan dynasty *Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji (), prince of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinchen Lhamo
Rinchen Lhamo (18 August 1901 – 13 November 1929), also written as Rin-chen Lha-mo, was a Tibetan writer. Her book, ''We Tibetans'', was published in English in 1926 by Seeley Service & Co. Early life Rinchen Lhamo was born into a respected family at Rayaka in Kham, East Tibet.Tim Chamberlain"Edge of Empires" ''The British Museum Magazine'' (Spring/Summer 2010): 50-52. Her father's name was Pade Jangtso, and her brother was Namkha Tendruk (also, written as Namka Dendru). Marriage and Settling in England Rinchen Lhamo met Louis Magrath King (1886-1949), a British Consul stationed at Dartsedo (present day Kangding, Sichuan), probably sometime around 1919–1922. Lhamo and King officially married in 1923, and their marriage is often described as "probably the first Tibetan-British marriage". King was born in Jiujiang, China, the son of Paul Henry King, a Commissioner in the Chinese Customs Service, and Veronica King (née Williamson), and the grandson of Scottish missionary, Alex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chewang Rinchen
Colonel Chewang Rinchen MVC & Bar, SM (Kalon Tsewang Rigdzin, 1931 – 1997) was a highly decorated officer in the Indian Army from the Union territory of Ladakh. He was the youngest ever recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra, the second highest Indian gallantry decoration, for his role in the defence of Ladakh in the First Kashmir War. He received the Maha Vir Chakra for a second time after Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, for his role in the conquest of the Turtuk and Tyakshi (a small village of the Chorbat. valley), in what came to be known as the Battle of Turtuk. He was one of only six Indian service personnel to have the Maha Vir Chakra twice. He was awarded a Sena Medal for gallantry in the 1962 India-China War. and Mention in dispatches for gallantry in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Early life Chewang Rinchen was born in the village of Sumur in Nubra in 1931 in an illustrious family. One of his ancestors had the title of "Lion of Ladakh" for his bravery and his mother was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinchenia
''Rinchenia'' (named after Byambyn Rinchen) is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch in what is now Mongolia, Nemegt Formation, around 70 million years ago. The type and only known species, ''Rinchenia mongoliensis'', was originally classified as a species within the genus ''Oviraptor'' (named ''Oviraptor mongoliensis''), but a subsequent rexamination found differences significant enough to warrant a separate genus. The name ''Rinchenia'' was coined for this new genus, though not formally described in detail. History of discovery During 1984, a nearly complete oviraptorid skeleton was discovered at the Altan Uul II (or Altan Ula II) locality of the highly fossiliferous Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert. This newly collected specimen, MPC-D 100/32-A, included the skull and lower jaws in their entirety, nearly complete vertebral column, forelimbs with shoulder girdle, and partial hindlimbs with pelvic girdle. Later on, Mongolian paleontol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengge Rinchen
Sengge Rinchen (1811 – 18 May 1865) or Senggelinqin ( mn, Сэнгэринчен, ᠰᠡᠩᠭᠡᠷᠢᠨᠴᠢᠨ) was a Mongol nobleman and general who served under the Qing dynasty during the reigns of the Daoguang, Xianfeng and Tongzhi emperors. He is best known for his role at the Battle of Taku Forts and at the Battle of Baliqiao during the Second Opium War and his contributions in helping the Qing Empire suppress the Taiping and Nian rebellions. Background Sengge Rinchen was from the Horqin Left Back Banner in Inner Mongolia and was a member of the Borjigin clan. He was a 26th generation descendant of Qasar, a brother of Genghis Khan. His name is made up of two Tibetan words, "Sengge" (Tibetan: ) and "Rinchen" (Tibetan: ), which mean "lion" and "treasure" respectively. When he was a child, he was adopted by Sodnamdorji (Содномдорж, 索特納木多布濟), a jasagh of the Horqin Left Back Banner and '' junwang'' (郡王; Prince of the Second Rank) under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buton Rinchen Drub
Butön Rinchen Drup (), (1290–1364), 11th Abbot of Shalu Monastery, was a 14th-century Sakya master and Tibetan Buddhist leader. Shalu was the first of the major monasteries to be built by noble families of the Tsang dynasty during Tibet's great revival of Buddhism, and was an important center of the Sakya tradition. Butön was not merely a capable administrator but he is remembered to this very day as a prodigious scholar and writer and is Tibet's most celebrated historian. Biography Buton was born in 1290, "to a family associated with a monastery named Sheme Gomne (shad smad sgom gnas) in the Tropu (khro phu) area of Tsang ... isfather was a prominent Nyingma Lama named Drakton Gyeltsen Pelzang (brag ston rgyal btshan dpal bzang, d.u.). His mother, also a Nyingma master, was called Sonam Bum (bsod nams 'bum, d.u.)." Buton catalogued all of the Buddhist scriptures at Shalu, some 4,569 religious and philosophical works and formatted them in a logical, coherent order. He wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gendün Rinchen
''Geshey'' Gendün Rinchen (, 1926–1997) was the 69th Je Khenpo of Bhutan. Biography Gendün Rinchen was born in a small cave by the side of the path to Paro Tagtsang, so as a child he was nicknamed ''"Dragphugpa"'' (Cave Man). He was the eldest son born to Kinzang Dorji and Tashi Chokey. He has two other brothers namely Ugyen Tshering (full-brother) and Phup Dorji (half-brother, born to Tashi Chokey and Tazi, her second husband, after the death of Kinzang Dorji). At a young age he showed great interest in the Buddhist religion and at seven he received novice ordination at Tashichö Dzong in Thimphu and was given the name Gendün Rinchen. When he was twenty-seven he travelled to Lhodrak Lhalung, center of the tradition of Padma Lingpa in Southern Tibet. There he studied the Thirteen great texts of Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy from Khatok Khen Rinpoche. At the age of twenty-nine he went to Drigung in Central Tibet where he studied classical Tibetan orthography, grammar and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byambyn Rinchen
Yenshööbü ovogt Byambyn Rinchen ( mn, Еншөөбү овогт Бямбын Ринчен, , , 25 December 1905 – 4 March 1977), also known in Russian as Rinchin-Dorzhi Radnazhapovich Bimbaev (russian: Ринчин-Доржи Раднажапович Бимбаев, ), was one of the founders of modern Mongolian literature, a translator of literature and a scholar in various areas of Mongolian studies, especially linguistics. Descent Like Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, he was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan on both his father Radnajab and mother Dulmaa's side. His ancestors held the public office of ''golova'' (head) of a ''stepnaya duma'' (steppe council, local self-government unit) in the territory of future Buryatia and the hereditary title of ''Taisha'' (Genghisid prince) until 1822. They were members of the Yenshööbü-Songool tribe (a Buryaticized Khalkha tribe) and were descendants of Okhin Taij who had submitted to Peter I of Russia in 1696 after fleeing from Inner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinchen Zangpo
__NOTOC__ Lochen Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055; ), also known as Mahaguru, was a principal lotsawa or translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan during the second diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet, variously called the New Translation School, New Mantra School or New Tantra Tradition School. He was a student of the famous Indian master, Atisha. His associates included (Locheng) Legpai Sherab. Zangpo's disciple Guge Kyithangpa Yeshepal wrote Zangpo's biography.Roberto Vitali, in McKay 2003, pp. 71-72 He is said to have built over one hundred monasteries in Western Tibet, including the famous Tabo Monastery in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Poo in Kinnaur and Rinchenling monastery in Nepal. Rinchen Zangpo had been sent as a young man by King Yeshe-Ö, the ruler of Zanskar, Guge, Spiti and Kinnaur, with other young scholars to Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinchen Chok Of Ma
Ma Rinchen Chok (), is numbered as one of the twenty-five principal disciples of Padmasambhava. Rinchen Chok was also a senior disciple of Vimalamitra. Rinchen Chok was an important lotsawa in the first wave of translations and was one of the first seven monks ever to be ordained in Tibet by Shantarakshita, known as the 'seven men who were tested' (). The ordination lineage was Sarvastivadin. Iconography In his hagiography Ma Rinchen Chok as a result of his empowerments is held to have gained the siddhi of being able to crush and eat rocks and boulders for food and him doing so is a standard aspect of his iconography. Translations 'Eight Sections of the Magical Net' () which form the cycle of Mahayoga texts associated with the 'Magical Net of Vajrasattva' (), the 'Secret Nucleus' () which is the root of the 'Eighteen Great Tantrapitaka' () were expounded by Vimalamitra to Ma Rinchen Chok and together they translated them.Dudjom Rinpoche and Jikdrel Yeshe Dorje (1991). ''The Nying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshe Rinchen
Yeshe Rinchen (; ) (1248 - 1294) was a Tibetan Imperial Preceptor (''Dishi'') at the court of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. He hailed from Sakya, the foremost monastic regime in Tibet in this period, and held the title from 1286 to 1291. Sakya and the Sharpa lineage In the course of the 13th century, the Sakya abbots Sakya Pandita and Phagpa forged a working relationship with the Mongol conquerors, becoming their agents in Tibetan affairs. In 1270, Phagpa was appointed Imperial Preceptor (''Dishi'') by Kublai Khan. This office was not merely religious but also political: the ''Dishi'' exerted a paramount influence in the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs (Xuanzheng Yuan) which was the office that oversaw Buddhist and Tibetan affairs. His decrees bore the same weight as the great khan in Central Tibet. He usually resided close to the Yuan emperor. The first three ''Dishi'' belonged to the Khon lineage, members of which were hereditary abbots of the Sakya Monastery. The disciples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinchen Gyaltsen
Rinchen Gyaltsen (; ) (1238 – 24 March 1279) was a Tibetan imperial preceptor at the court of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China. His tenure lasted from 1274 to his death in either 1279 or 1282. Family background Rinchen Gyaltsen was born in 1238 as the son of Zangtsa Sonam Gyaltsen and his wife Jomo Dro. His father belonged to the Khon family, members of which were hereditary abbot-rulers of the Sakya Monastery in Tsang in western Tibet. In the time of his uncle, the abbot Sakya Pandita (1182-1251), Sakya became brokers between the various Tibetan petty lords and the Mongol power. Rinchen Gyaltsen's elder half-brother Phagpa enjoyed a close relationship with Kublai Khan and was appointed to the title Imperial Preceptor (''Dishi'') in 1270. As such he was a standing institution in the Yuan government, enjoying extraordinary honours and resources. The ''Dishi'' had a paramount influence on the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs (Zongzhi Yuan, later Xuanzheng Yuan). Mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngawang Rinchen
Ngawang Rinchen (; ; born 26 February 1984) is a Chinese actor of Tibetan descent. Early life and education Ngawang Rinchen was born in Lhasa, Tibet, China. He graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2007, where he majored in acting. After graduation, he was assigned to Tibetan Drama Troupe. Career Ngawang Rinchen had his first experience in front of the camera in 2013, and he was chosen to act as a support actor in ''The Untold Story of Tibet'', a historical television series starring Guo Xiaodon, Shen Aojun and Cao Bingkun. That same year, he made his film debut in ''A Doctor, A General'', playing Peng Cuo. In 2014, he starred in '' Phurbu & Tenzin'', a historical television series directed by Fu Dongyu and written by A Lai. For his role as Danzeng, he won the Newcomer Award at the 15th Golden Phoenix Awards, the Best Newcomer Award at the 23rd Shanghai Film Critics Association, and the Newcomer Award at the 15th Huabiao Awards. At the same year, he co-starred with Jiang Shu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
