Yutog Yontan Gonpo (traditionally 708 – 833)
by Subhuti Dharmananda was an 8th-century high lama
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and a physician
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of Tibet
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He should be distinguished from Yuthok Yontan Gompo the Younger
Yuthok Yonten Gonpo the Younger (Wylie transliteration g.yu thog gsar ma yon tan mgon po) (1126–1202) was a Tibetan doctor and ''ngakpa'' (lay, non-monastic tantric practitioner), credited with composing the ''Four Medical Tantras'' (''rgyud bzh ...
who lived in the 12th century. For further discussion see Portrait of Yutog Yontan Gonpo
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References
External links
Yuthok Yontan Gompo the Younger
Tibetan Medicine Education cente
Tibetanmedicine.com
International Academy for Traditional Tibetan Medicine (IATTM)
Lamas
Lamas from Tibet
Tibetan Buddhists
Traditional Tibetan medicine practitioners
8th-century Tibetan people
8th-century physicians
Longevity myths
Year of birth uncertain
833 deaths
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