Rinchen, meaning "treasure", is a

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 ...

, used by speakers of various

Tibetic languages The Tibetic languages form a well-defined group of languages descended from Old Tibetan (7th to 9th centuries).Tournadre, Nicolas. 2014. "The Tibetic languages and their classification." In ''Trans-Himalayan linguistics, historical and descriptiv ...

. It is also used as a given name by

Mongols The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member ...

, seen as early as the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongols, Mongol-led Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Division of the M ...

. 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 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 firs ...

(), 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 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 gre ...

(1290–1364), eleventh abbot of Shalu Monastery *

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 eld ...

(1926–1997), 69th Je Khenpo of Bhutan *

Sonam Rinchen Geshe Sonam Rinchen (1933–2013) was born in Trehor region of Kham in Eastern Tibet in 1933. He died in Dharamshala, India, 5 October 2013. In 1945, he joined Dhargyey Monastery, and entered the monastic university of Sera in Lhasa in 1952, whe ...

(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 Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji ( mn, Ринчин Лувсан тайж) was a prince of the Khalkha federation in western Mongolia. See Altan Khan of Khalkha. In 1662 he attacked, captured and put to death his eastern neighbor, the Dzasagtu Khan. This l ...

(), prince of the Khalkha federation of Western Mongolia * Sengge Rinchen (1811–1865), Qing dynasty nobleman and general from Inner Mongolia

Other

* Byambyn Rinchen (1905–1977), Mongolian scholar of linguistics and literature * Chewang Rinchen (1931–1997), Indian army officer from Ladakh *

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 fami ...

(1901–1929), writer from Kham who settled in the United Kingdom * Rinchen Barsbold (born 1935), Mongolian paleontologist * Ngawang Rinchen (born 1984), Chinese actor * Pema Rinchen (born 1986), Bhutanese footballer

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