Densa Thil
Densa Thil ( Tibetan : གདན་ ས་ ཐེལ gdan sa mthil or gdan sa thel ; also: Densatil ) is the first monastery of the Phagdru Kagyü School of Tibetan Buddhism . It was founded in the second half of the 12th century by Gampopa's pupil Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyelpo (1110–1170). Its founding year is 1158. Densa Thil is located in the Phagmodru area in Sangri County of Shannan District (Lhokha) in the south of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China .
The monastery is on the list of monuments of the Tibet Autonomous Region .
Former abbots of the monastery
- Dragpa Tsondrü (Grags pa brtson 'grus, 1203–1267)
- Rinchen Dorje (Rin chen rdo rje, 1218–1280)
- Dragpa Gyeltshen (Grags pa rgyal mtshan, 1293-1360)
- Dragpa Sherab (Grags pa shes rab, 1310–1370)
- Dragpa Changchub (Grags pa byang chub, 1356-1386)
- Pelden Sangpo (Dpal ldan bzang po, 1383–1407)
- Sönam Dragpa (Bsod nams grags pa, 1359–1408) or Sönam Sangpo (Bsod nams bzang po, 1380–1416)
- Sönam Gyeltshen (Bsod nams rgyal mtshan, 1386–1434)
literature
- Olaf Czaja: "The Sculptural Art of Densatil", Oriental Art , Vol. 50. No. 4th 2006
Web links
- densatil.org: Research Project on the Sculptural Art of Densatil - English
- Curatorial Concepts: Heather Stoddard
- tibet-tours.com: Densatil Monastery - English
- collab.itc.virginia.edu: The abbots of phag mo gru (gdan sa mthil) by the dates of their ascendancies
- aaoarts.com: Gdansa-mthil - English
- xzwwj.sach.gov.cn: Dengsati si - Chinese
- tibetreisen.com: Densatil Monastery
- tibet.cctv.com: Gajupai simiao - Dansa Ti si - Chinese
References and footnotes
- ↑ tbrc.org: gdan sa thel ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chinese Dansati si 丹萨 替 寺 or Dengsati si 邓 萨提 寺
- ↑ tibet. phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po ; Chin. Pamu Zhuba Duojie Jiebu 帕 木竹 巴 • 多吉杰布
- ↑ Chinese Pamuzhu 帕 木竹
- ↑ The Number of Tashigomang Research Project on the Sculptural Art of Densatil, accessed September 18, 2018.
| Densa Thil (alternative names of the lemma) |
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| tib. gdan sa mthil or gdan sa thel ; 'Densatil, Chinese Dansati si 丹萨 替 寺 , Dengsati si 邓 萨提 寺 , Phagmodru Monastery, Phagdru Monastery, Pazhu si 帕竹 寺, Dansha Ti si 丹莎提 寺, Pazhu Dansha Ti si 帕竹 丹莎提寺, Pazhu Dansa Ti si 帕竹 丹萨提 寺, 邓 萨 梯 寺, Dansa Ti si |
Coordinates: 29 ° 18 ′ 1 ″ N , 91 ° 58 ′ 20 ″ E