Jetsun () or Jetsunma (; the "ma" suffix is feminine) is a

Tibetan Tibetan may mean: * of, from, or related to Tibet * Tibetan people, an ethnic group * Tibetan language: ** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard ** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...

title meaning "venerable" or "reverend." It is a specific term applied to revered teachers and practitioners of Vajrayana Buddhism. The title is applied to adepts and learned lamas such as Milarepa, Jetsun Milarepa. "Je" (Wylie transliteration: rJe) refers to those of high rank, including kings and nobles; "tsun" (Wylie transliteration: bTsun) refers to 1) those of noble rank, 2) those who are monastics, or 3) those who combine the three characteristics of being learned, noble, and good. The two together emphasize the honorific while "tsun" applies the term specifically to ecclesiastics. In terms of Jetsunmas, the title could refer to: *Chime Tenpai Nyima, Jetsunma Chime Tenpai Nyima (rje btsun ma 'chi med bstan pa'i nyi ma) (b. 1756) *Jetsun Chonyi Dechen Tsomo *Jetsunma Dechen Wangmo (Tibetan Buddhist), Dechen Wangmo *Tara (Buddhism), Jetsun Dolma *Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo *Jétsunma Khandro Yeshé Réma *Jetsunma Kushok Chimey Luding, sister of Sakya Trizin *Jetsunma Niguma *Milarepa, Jetsun Milarepa *Jetsunma Mingyur Paldron, Minling Jetsunma Mingyur Peldron (smin gling rje btsun mi 'gyur dpal sgron, (1699-1769), daughter of Terton Terdak Lingpa *Jetsunma Pema Trinle *Jetsunma Shukseb, Shukseb Jetsun Choying Zangmo (shug gseb rje btsun chos dbyings bzang mo, (1865-1951) * Jetsunma Tamdrin Wangmo Kelzang Chokyi Nyima (rje btsun ma grub pa'i rta mgrin dbang mo skal bzang chos kyi nyi ma) (1836-1896) *Tenzin Palmo, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, a well-known western yogini *Jetsunma Thinley Chodron *Jetsunma Tsewang Lhamo (1874-1950) *Jetsun Pema, Queen consort of Bhutan *Jetsun Pema (activist), Jetsun Pema, activist *Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche *Jetsun Namgyal Wangchen (1934-2015) one of Tibets greatest living mastersObituary for Geshe Namgyal Wangchen from H-Buddhism H-net

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