Trinyen Songtsen
| Trinyen Zungtsen ཁྲི་གཉན་གཟུངས་བཙན | |
|---|---|
| Tsenpo | |
| 29nd King of Tibet | |
| Reign | c. 512–537 |
| Predecessor | Thothori Nyantsen |
| Successor | Drongnyen Deu |
| House | House of Yarlung |
| Father | Thothori Nyantsen |
| Religion | Bon |
Trinyen Songtsen (Tibetan: ཁྲི་གཉན་གཟུངས་བཙན; Wylie: Khri-gnyan gZung-btsan, Chinese:赤宁松赞) was the 29th King of Bod according to Tibetan legendary tradition. He was one of the legendary kings and the first of the so-called Pre-Imperial Period (493-630). Before him there were the so-called Five Unifying Kings whose names ended in Tsen.
Life
[edit]Trinyen Songtsen was the son of Thothori Nyantsen[1]
The Tibetan Annals state that like his father, Trinyen made offerings with Secret Antidotes and that this is why the kingdom grew during his rule.[2]
It is also stated that Trinyen was buried at Donkhorda, the site of the royal tombs, to the right of his father Thothori's tomb.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Drup, Buton Richen (2013). Buton's History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet. Shambhala Publications, p. 271. ISBN 9780834829527.
- ^ Kerrigan, Michael; Bishop, Clifford; Chambers, James (1998). The Diamond Path. Time-Life Books. ISBN 9780705435635.
- ^ Gyaltsen, Sakapa Sonam (1996). The Clear Mirror. Snow Lion Publications, pp. 89-90. ISBN 9781559390484.