P183: dwags po bkra shis rnam rgyal/

• rje btsun bkris rnam par rgyal ba 'bras spungs dpe rnying dkar chag [2004] (vol. 2, 1624)

• dwags po bkra shis rnam rgyal ba gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (51a)

• dwags po bkras rnam pa gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (51a)
• chos rje bkras rnam pa rgya bod kyi chos 'byung [ms] (28a)

• Date of birth: sa pho stag (tib); 1398 Roerich 1996 (p. 1082), bkra shis rnam rgyal rnam thar [xyl] (f. 4b)
• Date of birth: yos lo/ (tib); 1399 Jackson 1989b (pp. 4, 9)
• Date of death: stag lo/ (tib); 1458 Jackson 1989b (p. 4), Roerich 1996 (p. 1082), bzhad pa'i rdo rje bstan rtsis [1993] (p. 160)

• 2nd 'phan po nA lendra/ abbot Jackson 1989b (p. 9)

• from dwags po district of southeastern Tibet Jackson 1989b (p. 9)

h2. Teachers

• tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa/ (1357–1419) Jackson 1989b (p. 10)
• rong ston shes bya kun rig (1367–1449) Jackson 1989b (p. 9) sa skya pa'i dkar chag [1987] (p. 42)
• snar thang pa shes rab sengge/ (1383–1445) baiDU rya ser po [1989] (p. 99)

h2. Students

• dbang grags pa 'byung gnas/ (1414–1448) Jackson 1989b (p. 9)
• lo chen bsod nams rgya mtsho/ (1424–1482) ming mdzod [1992] (p. 188) Dowman 1988 (p. 15)

h2. Patrons

• dbang grags pa 'byung gnas/ (1414–1448) Jackson 1989b (p. 9); offered annually an amount of 250 bogs khal/ barley meal Jackson 1989b (p. 9)
• dbang ngag gi dbang po/ (1439–1491) Jackson 1989b (p. 9)

• 1430: bestowed together with rong ston shes bya kun rig (1367–1449) monastic vows on lo chen bsod nams rgya mtsho/ (1424–1482); dwags po bkra shis rnam rgyal/ (1398–1458) acted as slob dpon during the ordination ceremony in Ehrhard 2002a (p. 36) ming mdzod [1992] (p. 188)

• 1442 (dog year): installed as 'phan po nA lendra/-abbot (tenure: 17 years) Jackson 1989b (pp. 4, 10)

• resided in "The Lower Residence" (gzim khang 'og ma) [= [nA lendra'i] gzim khang 'og ma/ ] Jackson 1989b (p. 9)

• leader of the gzim khang 'og pa'i grwa tshang [= [nA lendra'i] gzim khang 'og ma/ ] Jackson 1989b (p. 9)

• said to have established about 13 monastic colleges bkra shis rnam rgyal rnam thar [xyl] (f. 34a)

• not be confused with dwags po paN chen bkra shis rnam rgyal (1512/3-1587) who wrote the famous Mahāmudrā commentary Ⓢ

• a great scholar of Tantric and non-Tantric subjects and a practitioner of different religious traditions who had even studied under tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa/ (1357–1419) in his youth, a possible reason why he was not held in much esteem among many Sakyapas Jackson 1989b (p. 10)

• his reincarnation (sku skye rin po che) was a student of gong dkar rdo rje gdan pa kun dga' rnam rgyal/ (1432–1496) Fermer 2010 (p. 333) gong dkar ba rnam thar I_A [2001] (p. 168)