Yeshe () is a Tibetan term meaning wisdom and is analogous to jnana in Sanskrit. The word appears for example in the title of the ''

Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo is a terma revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa in the nineteenth century. ''The Light of Wisdom'' (1999) is an extended exegesis on the ''Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo'' by Jamgön Kongtrül the Great, one of the eminent Buddhist masters of ...

'', a Vajrayana Buddhist sacred scripture that records oral teachings of Padmasambhava in the 9th century, and in the name of

Yeshe Walmo Yeshe Walmo is a deity of the Bon religion. Yeshe Walmo is considered the wisdom aspect of Sipe Gyalmo. Throughout the ages, whenever the Bon religion suffered persecution, lamas would hide Bon texts and sacred ritual objects in mountains. Yesh ...

, a deity of the Tibetan religion of

Bon Bon or Bön (), also known as Yungdrung Bon (, ), is the indigenous Tibetan religion which shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism.Samuel 2012, pp. 220–221. It initially developed in the tenth and eleventh centuries but ...

. It is used as a unisex given name by Tibetans and Bhutanese people, also spelled Yeshey, Yeshay, or Yeshi. People with this name include:

Religious figures

Yeshe De There appear to be two Jnanasutras, with different Tibetan orthographies for their names. The first, , flourished from the 5th-6th centuries. According to Dzogchen legends, he was an early Dzogchen practitioner of Vajrayāna Buddhism and a disci ...

(Jnanasutra, ), a Tibetan Vajrayana Dzogchenpa who was a disciple of Sri Singha *

Yeshe Tsogyal Yeshe Tsogyal (c. 757 or 777 – 817 CE), also known as "Victorious Ocean of Knowledge", "Knowledge Lake Empress" (, ཡེ་ཤེས་མཚོ་རྒྱལ), or by her Sanskrit name ''Jñānasāgarā'' "Knowledge Ocean", or by her clan na ...

(757–817), a semi-mythical female deity or figure of enlightenment (dakini) in Tibetan Buddhism *

Nubchen Sangye Yeshe Nubchen Sangye Yeshe (Tib:གནུབས་ཆེན་སངས་རྒྱས་ཡེ་ཤེས, Wylie: gnubs chen sangs rgyas ye shes, Chinese: 努千桑傑耶喜, Pinyin: Nǔqiān Sāngjié Yéxǐ) (9th century) was one of the twenty- ...

(9th century), one of the twenty-five principal students of Guru Padmasambhava *

Yeshe-Ö Yeshe-Ö ( 959–1040; Tibetan script, Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤེས་འོད་, Wylie transliteration, Wylie: ye shes 'od; spiritual names Lha bLama Yeshes 'Od, Byang Chub Ye Shes 'Od, Lha Bla Ma, Lalama Yixiwo, also Dharmaraja – 'Noble K ...

(c. 959–1040), the first notable lama-king in Tibet *

Yeshe Rinchen Yeshe Rinchen () was a Tibetan Imperial Preceptor (''Dishi'') at the court of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. He lived from (1248-1294) and hailed from Sakya, the foremost monastic regime in Tibet in this period, and held the title from 1286 to his d ...

(1248–1294), Imperial Preceptor (Dishi) of the Yuan dynasty *

Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama Lobsang Yeshe (; also written Lobsang Yeshi) (1663–1737) was the fifth Panchen Lama of Tibet. He was born of a well-known and noble family in the province of Tsang. His father's name was De-chhen-gyalpo and his mother's Serab-Drolma. He was s ...

(1663–1737) *

Yeshe Dorje Yeshe Dorje (1676–1702) was the eleventh Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. Yeshe Dorje was born in Mayshö, Kham. He was discovered by Minjur Dorje and recognized by Shamar Yeshe Nyinpo, the seventh Shamarpa. Yesh ...

(1676–1702), the eleventh Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism *

Lobsang Palden Yeshe, 6th Panchen Lama Lobsang Palden Yeshe (1738–1780) () was the sixth Panchen Lama of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet. He was the elder stepbrother of the 10th Shamarpa, Mipam Chödrup Gyamtso (1742–1793). The Panchen Lama was distinguished by his writings a ...

(1738–1780), of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet *

Thubten Yeshe Thubten Yeshe (1935–1984) was a Tibetan lama who, while exiled in Nepal, co-founded Kopan Monastery (1969) and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (1975). He followed the Gelug tradition, and was considered unconventi ...

(1935–1984), Tibetan lama who, while exiled in Nepal, co-founded Kopan Monastery *

Yeshe Losal Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche () is a lama in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and abbot of the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre, Scotland, the first and largest of its kind in the West. Early years Born in 1943 into a farming fa ...

Rinpoche (born 1943), lama in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, abbott of the Samye Ling Monastery, Scotland

Politicians

Sanggyai Yexe Sanggyai Yexe (; ) or Tian Bao (; 9 February 1917 – 21 February 2008) was a Chinese government official of Gyalrong descent. Tian was one of the first ethnic Tibetans to embrace communism and join Mao Zedong's army. Mao's army, and the Peopl ...

(1917–2008), Chinese Communist Party official *

Yeshey Zimba ''Lyonpo'' Yeshey Zimba (, , 10 October 1950 – 9 September 2024) was a political figure from Bhutan. He was Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) of Bhutan two times: first from 2000 to 2001; then from 20 August 2004 to 5 Sept ...

(born 1952), Bhutanese politician, former Prime Minister *

Yeshey Penjor Yeshey Penjor () is a Bhutanese politician who was Minister for Agriculture and Forests from 2018 to 2023. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan from October 2018 to November 2024. Early life and education Penjor was born on . He g ...

(born ), Bhutanese politician *

Yeshey Dem Yeshey Dem () is a Bhutanese politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan since October 2018. Education She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Language and Literature from the Institute of Language and Cultural Studies, ...

(), Bhutanese politician

Sportspeople

Yeshey Gyeltshen Yeshey Gyeltshen (born 11 February 1983) is a Bhutanese former footballer, who played for Druk Star. He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team The Bhutan national football team () represents Bhutan in men's internati ...

(born 1983), Bhutanese footballer *

Yeshey Dorji Yeshey Dorji (born 2 January 1989), commonly known as "Bumlay", is a Bhutanese former international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ...

(born 1989), Bhutanese footballer

Other

Yeshi Dhonden Yeshi Dhonden (; 15 May 1927 – 26 November 2019) was a Tibetan doctor of traditional Tibetan medicine, and served 14th Dalai Lama, the 14th Dalai Lama from 1961 to 1980. In 2018, the Indian government honoured him with the Padma Shri, the four ...

(1927–2019), practitioner of Tibetan traditional medicine *

Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi (born 13 June 1952) is an Arunachali writer. He was formerly a deputy commissioner. His first literary creation is a poem named 'Junbai'. He is the recipient of India's prestigious award Padma Shri 2020 for his work in the ...

(born 1952), Indian writer from Arunachal Pradesh *

Yeshe Choesang Yeshe Choesang is an India-based Tibetan journalist, photographer and author who focuses on politics, freedom of press, business, human rights and environmental issues in Tibet and China. Biography Yeshe Choesang (Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤེས་ ...

(born 1974), India-based journalist

References

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