P27: sa skya paNDi ta kun dga' rgyal mtshan/

• sa paN rdo rje gdan gyi sgrub mchod phyag len [ms] (1b, 1b, 3a)
• chos rje sa skya paNDi ta byams gling pa'i rnam thar I_A [ms] (36a)
• chos rje sa skya pa byams gling pa'i rnam thar I_A [ms] (36b)
• sde snod 'dzin pa sa skya paNDi ta grags rgyal rnam thar I [Lobshe 1983] (57)
• chos rje sa skya paNDi ta chen po mkhan rgyud rnam gsum byon tshul [ms] (4b)
• chos rje sa paN mkhan rgyud rnam gsum byon tshul [ms] (12a)
• chos rje pa mgon po chos 'byung [1979] (37a)
• rje sa skya pan Ti ta chen po zhwa lu lo tsA ba rnam thar I_A [ms] (7b)
• dpal ldan sa skya pa, collective name: with rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan/, with sa chen kun dga' snying po/, with slob dpon bsod nams rtse mo/, with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/ gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (14b)
• bdag nyid chen po sa paN gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (44b)
• chos rje sa skya paN chen gong dkar ba'i gsan yig phyogs bsgrigs [2005] (25)
• bla ma chos rje sa skya paN chen nyan chen pa'i rnam thar [Lobshe 1983] (341)

• sa skya paN chen/ kun dga' rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po mkhan rgyud rnam gsum byon tshul [ms] (7b)
• rje btsun 'jam pa'i dbyangs kyi rnam par 'phrul pa sa skya paNDi ta kun dga' rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (38a)
• bdag nyid chen po sa skya paNDi ta gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (42b)

• chos rje pa ngo mtshar snang ba_A [Lobshe 1983] (82, 93) sa skya'i gdung rabs chen mo [2000] (97a) tshogs sgom rnam thar_A [Lobshe 1983] (339, 339, 339, 339, 339) lam 'bras brgyud pa'i rnam thar kha skong [2017] (84, 84, 84, 84)
• chos rje sa paN mkhan rgyud rnam gsum byon tshul [ms] (11b) gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (18b)
• sa skya pa'i rje btsun yab sras, collective name: with rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan/, with sa chen kun dga' snying po/, with slob dpon bsod nams rtse mo/, with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/ rdo rje gdan gyi sgrub mchod phyag len [ms] (2a)
• sa skya pa yab sras, collective name: with rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan/, with sa chen kun dga' snying po/, with slob dpon bsod nams rtse mo/, with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/ gong dkar ba rnam thar II_A [ms] (2b)
• bla ma paNDi ta chos grub seng ge rnam thar II [ms] (17a-223)
• chos rje mgon po chos 'byung [1979] (183a)
• chos rje nyid ngo mtshar snang ba_A [Lobshe 1983] (93)
• chos rje pa ngo mtshar snang ba_A [Lobshe 1983] (117)
• rje btsun gong ma gsum, collective name: with slob dpon bsod nams rtse mo/, with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/ gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (14b)
• bdag nyid chen po (identity uncertain) gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (14b)
• rje btsun sa skya pa yab sras lnga, collective name: with rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan/, with sa chen kun dga' snying po/, with slob dpon bsod nams rtse mo/, with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/ gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (18b)
• chos rje sa skya pa nyan chen pa'i rnam thar [Lobshe 1983] (344)

• 'jam dbyangs 'gro ba'i don mdzad chos kyi rje gong dkar lam 'bras bla brgyud [dig] (1)
• rje btsun khu dbon, collective name: with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/ mgon po chos 'byung [1979] (198b)
• rje brtse ba chen po khu dbon, collective name: with rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan/, with sa chen kun dga' snying po/, with slob dpon bsod nams rtse mo/, with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/ gong dkar ba rnam thar III [ms] (4a)
• rnam bdun sa skya'i 'jam dbyangs bla ma, collective name: with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/, with dpal chen 'od po/, with rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan/, with sa chen kun dga' snying po/, with slob dpon bsod nams rtse mo/, with zangs tsha bsod nams rgyal mtshan/ rje btsun rnams la 'phrin yig_A2 [xyl] (14b)
• 'jam dbyangs bdun rgyud, collective name: with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/, with dpal chen 'od po/, with rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan/, with sa chen kun dga' snying po/, with slob dpon bsod nams rtse mo/, with zangs tsha bsod nams rgyal mtshan/ rje btsun rnams la 'phrin yig_A2 [xyl] (15a)
• dpal sa skya pa chen po yab sras, collective name: with rje btsun grags pa rgyal mtshan/, with sa chen kun dga' snying po/, with slob dpon bsod nams rtse mo/, with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/ gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (3b)
• chos rje khu dbon, collective name: with 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan/ lam 'bras brgyud pa'i rnam thar kha skong [2017] (85)

• paN chen sa skya'i bla ma'i rnam thar I [2003] (236)
• 'phags pa sa skya'i bla ma'i rnam thar I [2003] (236)

• Date of birth: chu pho stag (tib); 1182 Jackson 1991 (p. 224), Roerich 1996 (p. 211)
• Date of death: lcags mo phag (tib); 1251 Roerich 1996 (p. 211), BDRC (P1056), Jackson 1991 (p. 224)

• 4th of the Five Great Founding Fathers of Sakya (sa skya'i gong ma rnam lnga) Ⓢ

h2. Family Relations

• father: dpal chen 'od po/ (1150–1203) Roerich 1996 (p. 211)

h2. Teachers

• kha che paN chen shAkya shrI/ (1140s–1225) Van der Kuijp 1994a (p. 612)
• grags pa seng ge/ Jackson 1989a (p. 214); might he be identical with his disciple snye thang pa grags pa sengge/ (~13th cent.) ?

h2. Patrons

• shAkya mgon had erected the pho brang gnas chung (maybe located in close distance to the preaching-throne of sa paN) and served as sa paN's patron during his visit to yar lung in the early 13th cent. Sørensen & Hazod 2005 (p. 318 n. 22)

• 1225: met dbon shes rabs 'byung gnas/ at bsam yas/ Jackson 1987 (vol. 1, p. 28); also Roerich 1996 (p. 606)

• 1220-1230s: invitation by shAkya mgon to teach at bsam yas/; conducted teachings (chos kyi 'khor lo bskor) sa skya'i gdung rabs chen mo [1975] (pp. 130-132)

• "It was at this time that Sapan had that ancient monastery renovated and, in the process, painted a famous symbolic painting of Mañjuśrī" Rhoton 2002 (p. 12)

• 1241-1242: resided in dbu ru skyid shod dga' ldan (acc. to his biography by lho pa kun mkhyen rin chen dpal/ (~13th cent.)) Jackson 1987 (vol.1, pp. 17, 28, 31)

• 1243: presides at a great religious convocation Jackson 1987 (vol.1, pp. 28, 31)

• lam 'bras bla brgyud/ position no. 14