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Tibetan names typically consist of two juxtaposed elements. Family names are rare except among those of aristocratic ancestry and then come before the personal name (but diaspora Tibetans living in societies that expect a surname may adopt one). For example, in Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, ''Ngapoi'' was his family name and ''Nga-Wang Jigmê'' his personal name. Tibetan nomads (''drokpa'') also use clan names; in farming communities, they are now rare and may be replaced by household name. Tibetan culture is patrilineal; descent is claimed from the four ancient clans that are said to have originally inhabited Ancient Tibet: Se, Rmu, Stong and Ldong. The ancient clan system of Tibet is called rus-ba (རུས་པ), meaning bone or bone lineage. The four clans were further divided into branches which are Dbra, Vgru, Ldong, Lga, Dbas and Brdav. With inter-clan marriages, the subclans were divided into many sub-branches. While Tibetans from Kham and Amdo use their clan names as surname ...
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Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (; ; February 1, 1910 – December 23, 2009 ) was a Tibetan senior official who assumed various military and political responsibilities both before and after 1951 in Tibet. He is often known simply as Ngapo in English sources. Early life Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme was born in Lhasa as the son of a leading Tibetan aristocratic family descended from former kings of Tibet, the Horkhang. His father was governor of Chamdo in Eastern Tibet and commander of the Tibetan armed forces. After studying traditional Tibetan literature, he went to Britain for further education.Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme 1910 - 2009
, ''Tibet Sun'', 23 December 2009.
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Pema
Pema ( or ) is a Tibetan name meaning " lotus", which originated as a loanword from Sanskrit ''padma''. People who have this name as one of their given namesNote that Tibetan names generally do not have surnames. See e.g. include: Buddhist teachers and leaders *Pema Lingpa (1450–1521), Bhutanese saint * Nyala Pema Dündul (1816–1872), teacher of Dzogchen and Tantric Buddhism in Eastern Tibet * Pema Trinle (1874–1950), teacher of the Sakya tradition * Gomchen Pema Chewang Tamang (1918–1966), Sikkimese Buddhist scholar *Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, 1936), American nun * Pema Tönyö Nyinje (born 1954), the 12th Tai Situpa *Jigmet Pema Wangchen (born 1963), the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa Royalty * Tsundue Pema Lhamo (1886–1922), first queen consort of Bhutan *Pema Dechen (1918–1991), third queen consort of Bhutan *Jetsun Pema (born 1990), queen consort of Bhutan since 2011 Sportspeople * Pema Tshering (born 1951), Bhutanese arche * Pema Chophel (born 1981), Bh ...
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Foreign Languages Press
Foreign Languages Press is a publishing house located in China. Based in Beijing, it was founded in 1952 and currently forms part of the China International Publishing Group, which is owned and controlled by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. The press publishes books on a wide range of topics in eighteen languages spoken primarily outside China. Much of its output is aimed at the international community – its 1960s editions of works by Marx and Lenin are still widely circulated – but it also publishes some material aimed at foreign language students within China. Beginning in the 1950s many works of classical and modern Chinese literature were translated into English by translators such as Gladys Yang, Yang Xianyi and Sidney Shapiro. As of 2008, the house had published over 30,000 titles in a total of 43 languages. Book series English language titles * Ancient Towns Around Shanghai * China Handbook Series * China Knowledge Series * China Society ...
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Dechen
Dechen () is a Tibetan name meaning "great bliss". It is a Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit term (). People with the name Dechen include: *Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo (1878–1941), lama of the Gelug school *Pema Dechen (1918–1991), third queen consort of Bhutan * Dechen Wangmo (Tibetan Buddhist) (), daughter of a Tibetan noble family * Dechen Shak-Dagsay (born 1959), singer of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras *Dechen Wangmo (politician) (born ), Bhutanese politician who was made Minister for Health in November 2018 *Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck Princess ''Ashi'' Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck (born 2 December 1981) is the daughter of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and his wife, Queen Mother ''Ashi'' Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck. She is the sister of the fifth King, Jigme Kh ... (born 1981), daughter of the fourth king of Bhutan * Sonam Dechen Wangchuck (born 1981), daughter of the fourth king of Bhutan * Dechen Pem (), Bhutanese singer * Dechen Zangmo (), me ...
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Wangmo
Wangmo () is a Tibetan name. People with this name include: *Dechen Wangmo (Tibetan Buddhist) (died 2011), daughter of a Tibetan noble family *Dechen Wangmo (politician) (born ), Bhutanese politician *Dorji Wangmo (born 1955), Queen Mother of Bhutan *Dorjee Wangmo (born ), Bhutanese politician *Kezang Wangmo, Bhutanese actress, poet, singer and dancer *Kelsang Wangmo (born Kerstin Brummenbaum, ), German Buddhist nun *Kunzang Dekyong Wangmo (1892–1940), Tibetan Buddhist teacher *Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji (1897–1994), mother of Queen Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choden of Bhutan *Nilza Wangmo (born ), Indian restaurateur from Ladakh *Tamdrin Wangmo Kelzang Chokyi Nyima (1836–1896), Tibetan Buddhist teacher * Tashi Wangmo (born ), Bhutanese politician *Tsering Wangmo Dhompa (born 1969), Tibetan poet See also * Wangmo County Wangmo County () is a county in the southwest of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the southeast. It is under the administration of the Qianxinan Bu ...
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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 ...
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Tashi (other)
Tashi, also spelled Trashi (), is a Tibetan word meaning "good fortune" or "auspiciousness". Tashi or Trashi may refer to: People *Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, 16th-century Tibetan scholar *Guru Tashi, legendary ancestor of the Sikkimese royal family * Ngawang Tashi Bapu (born 1968), musician known as "Lama Tashi" * Tashi Choden (born 1998), Bhutanese model and beauty pageant titleholder * Tashi Lama, another name for Tibet's Panchen Lama *Tashi Namgyal (1893–1963), king of Sikkim, 1914–1963 *Tashi Peljor (born 1978), Bhutanese Olympic archer * Tashi Tsering (other), several people * Tashi Tenzing (born 1965), Sherpa mountaineer *Tashi Wangdi, official in the Tibetan government-in-exile Places * Tashi, Longyou County (塔石镇), a town in Longyou County, Zhejiang, PR China *Tashi Dor, a peninsula on Namtso Lake, Tibet *Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Shigatse, Tibet *Tashi Yangtse, the administrative center of Tashi Yangtse District, Bhutan Other uses *Tashi (dip), a Meze dish made ...
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Dawa (Tibetan Phrase)
In Tibetan culture and Sherpa culture, Dawa (; also written ) is a word meaning "moon" or " month". It is often used as a name for children born on a Monday. The name can be given to either a girl or a boy. Other people in the Himalayan region such as the Ladakhis, the Sikkimese of Northeast India and the Bhutanese people also use the name Dawa in the same sense as the Tibetans. People with this name include: Sportspeople * Pasang Dawa Lama (1912–1982), Nepalese mountaineer * Dawa Dachhiri Sherpa (born 1969), Nepalese cross-country skier * Chhang Dawa Sherpa (born 1982), Nepalese mountaineer * Dawa Steven Sherpa (born 1984), Nepalese mountaineer * Dawa Tshering (born 1985), Bhutanese football midfielder * Dawa Gyeltshen (born 1986), Bhutanese football defender * Dawa Yangzum Sherpa (born 1990), Nepalese mountaineer * Lungtok Dawa (born 1998), Bhutanese football forward Other *Dawa Sangpo (?), king of Shambala * Dawa Gyaltsen (), Dzogchen Buddhist master who lived in Zhangzhung * ...
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Diki (other)
Diki is a village in the Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture in the northern Central African Republic. Diki may also refer to: * Diki-Diki (cocktail), a cocktail made with calvados, Swedish Punsch, and grapefruit juice People with the name *Diki Tsering ( – 1981), mother of three reincarnated Rinpoches/Lamas *Pema Diki Sherpa (born 1988), Nepalese mountain climber See also *Tibetan name Tibetan names typically consist of two juxtaposed elements. Family names are rare except among those of aristocratic ancestry and then come before the personal name (but diaspora Tibetans living in societies that expect a surname may adopt one). F ...
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Merit (Buddhism)
Merit ( sa, puṇya, italic=yes, pi, puñña, italic=yes) is a concept considered fundamental to Buddhist ethics. It is a beneficial and protective force which accumulates as a result of good deeds, acts, or thoughts. Merit-making is important to Buddhist practice: merit brings good and agreeable results, determines the quality of the next life and contributes to a person's growth towards enlightenment. In addition, merit is also shared with a deceased loved one, in order to help the deceased in their new existence. Despite modernization, merit-making remains essential in traditional Buddhist countries and has had a significant impact on the rural economies in these countries. Merit is connected with the notions of purity and goodness. Before Buddhism, merit was used with regard to ancestor worship, but in Buddhism it gained a more general ethical meaning. Merit is a force that results from good deeds done; it is capable of attracting good circumstances in a person's life, as ...
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Sonam
Sonam is a given name. It is a Tibetan name meaning "merit" (). Separately, it is also a name in various Indo-Aryan languages (Devanagari script: ). People with this name include: Buddhism * Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama (1438–1505) * Sonam Gyatso, 3rd Dalai Lama (1543–1588), first officially recognized Dalai Lama * Sonam Lhundrup (1456–1531), great abbot of Mustang * Sonam Rapten (1595–1658), senior official of the Gelugpa School * Sonam Rinchen (1933–2013), Buddhist Geshe from Kham * Jinpa Sonam (born 1955), Indian Buddhist teacher from Ladakh, director of the Indiana Buddhist center Entertainers * Sonam (actress) (born Bakhtavar Khan, 1972), Indian actress * Sonam Bajwa (born 1989), Indian actress of Punjabi descent * Sonam Bisht (), Indian actress from Uttarakhand * Sonam Kapoor (born 1985), Indian film actress and fashion icon * Sonam Kinga (), Bhutanese actor * Sonam Lamba (born 1995), Indian actress from Chandigarh * Sonam Lhamo (born 1988), Bhutane ...
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