Tenzin ( bo, བསྟན་འཛིན) is a Tibetan given name, meaning "the holder of Buddha Dharma". Tenzin can alternatively be spelled as Tenzing and Stanzin as well. Stanzin is generally used by the Ladakhi people, since

Ladakhi language The Ladakhi language is a Tibetic language spoken in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is the predominant language in the Buddhist-dominated district of Leh. Though a member of the Tibetic family, Ladakhi is not mutually intelligible wi ...

retains many archaic forms which have been lost in other modern Tibetan languages. For example, in Standard Written Tibetan, 'Tenzin' is spelled as "bstan'zin"; however, when it is spoken, both the 'b' and the 's' are silent and 'an' becomes 'en' in Standard Lhasa Tibetan. It may refer to any of the following people:

Biographical people

Gyalsey Tenzin Rabgye Tenzin Rabgye (1638–1696) was the fourth Druk Desi (secular ruler of Bhutan) who ruled from 1680 to 1694. He is believed to have been the first to have categorized formally the ''zorig chusum'' (the thirteen traditional arts of Bhutan). In 168 ...

(1638–1696), fourth Druk Desi (secular ruler) of Bhutan *

Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen (), 1894–1977, known also as Negi Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen (), Tenzin Gyaltsen (bstan 'dzin rgyal mtshan), and various other names like Kunu (khu nu) Rinpoche, Kunu Lama and Negi Lama (ne gi bla ma), was born in 1894 in ...

(1895–1977), leader of a non-sectarian movement within Buddhism *

Lobsang Tenzin Lobsang Tenzin, better known by the titles Professor Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche (zam gdong rin po che) and to Tibetans as the 5th Samdhong Rinpoche (born 5 November 1937), is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and politician who served as the Prime Min ...

(born 1939), Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile *

Lopön Tenzin Namdak Lopön Tenzin Namdak (, born 1926 in Khyungpo Karu – – in Kham) is a Tibetan religious leader and the most senior teacher of Bon, in particular of Dzogchen and the Mother Tantras. Early life Tenzin Namdak's father was a farmer in Ch ...

(born 1926), Tibetan religious leader *

Tenzin Choedrak Dr. Tenzin Choedrak (April 15, 1922 – April 6, 2001) was the Senior Personal Physician to the Dalai Lama ( Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama), and was recognized as an esteemed master in the Tibetan medical tradition. He was imprisoned by the Chi ...

(1922–2001), personal physician to the Dalai Lama * Tenzin Delek Rinpoche (born 1950), Tibetan Buddhist leader accused of involvement in a bombing * Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935), the

14th Dalai Lama The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: ''bsTan-'dzin rgya-mtsho''); né Lhamo Thondup), known as ...

Tenzin Jigme Tenzin Jigme (Thutob Wangchuk) (Lhasa, 1948 – February 13, 1997) was a Tibetan tulku and the sixth Reting Rinpoche. His reincarnation is recognized by the Tibetan government. His recognition is being challenged by another sixth Reting Rinpoch ...

(1948–1997), abbot of an important Tibetan Buddhist monastery *

Tenzin Palmo Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (born 1943) is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She is best known for being o ...

(born 1943), Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, and yogini *

Tenzin Priyadarshi Tenzin Priyadarshi is the president and CEO of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Early years Priyadarshi was born into a Hindu Bhumihar Brahmin family in Vaishali district, ...

, Buddhist philosopher and teacher; Director, The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT *

Tenzin Tsundue Tenzin Tsundue (born 1975) is a poet, writer and Tibetan refugee and activist. As of 2019 he has been taken into preventive custody, arrested or jailed 16 times for short durations for his activism by Indian authorities, as India does not allow ...

(born 1975), Tibetan poet and activist *

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche ( Tib. o thog bstan 'dzin dbang rgyal) is a teacher (lama) of the Bon Tibetan religious tradition. He is founder and director of the Ligmincha Institute and several centers named Chamma Ling, organizations dedicated to the ...

, Tibetan lama *

Tenzin Zopa Geshe Tenzin Zopa (born 1975) is a Nepalese Tibetan Buddhist monk of the Mahayana tradition. He is the resident teacher of the Losang Dragpa Centre of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Zopa is featured in the 2 ...

(born 1975), Buddhist monk and teacher

Fictional characters

* Tenzin (''Uncharted''), fictitious leader of a Tibetan village * Tenzin (''The Legend of Korra''), a character in the animation series ''The Legend of Korra'' * Tenzing Tharkay (''Temeraire'' series), a character in the novel series ''Temeraire'' by

Naomi Novik Naomi Novik (born April 30, 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the ''Temeraire'' series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her ''Scholomance'' fantasy series (2020 ...

Yakushiji Tenzen is a historical fantasy novel about ninja written in 1958–1959 by the Japanese author Futaro Yamada. It is the first installment in Yamada's ''Ninja Scrolls'' series, which he wrote until his death in 2001. The book was translated into English ...

, a character in the novel ''The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''

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