Narthang monastery
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Tibetan script :
སྣར་ ཐང་ དགོན་ པ
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Wylie transliteration : snar thang dgon pa;
snar thang dgon |
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Traditional :
納 塘 寺
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Simplified :
纳 塘 寺
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Pinyin : Nàtáng Sì
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Narthang is a monastery belonging to the Kadam School, the first Sarma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism . The village of Narthang in the Qumig municipality is located about 15 km west of Shigatse in Tibet , People's Republic of China . The monastery was founded in 1153 by Tumtön Lodrö Dragpa , a disciple of Sharawa .
Together with the monasteries of Shalu , Sakya and Trashilhünpo , it is one of the four large monasteries in the Tsang area. Along with the Potala in Lhasa and Dege Parkhang in Derge, it is one of the three important traditional Tibetan printing sites . His block print editions of Kanjur and Tanjur from the Tibetan Tripitaka are famous .
See also
literature
- Helmut Eimer: On the position of the Narthang pressure in the tradition of the Tibetan Kanjur . In: Lajos Ligeti (Ed.): Tibetan and Buddhist Studies. Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös . Volume 1. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1984, ISBN 963-05-3573-4 , pp. 199-205 ( Bibliotheca Orientalis Hungarica 29/1 ).
Web links
- Nartang Monastery - English
- Narthang Photos - English
- Younghusband Collection of Tibetan books and manuscripts - English
- Natang si - Chinese
References and footnotes
- ↑ tib. Gtum ston blo gros grags pa ; Chinese 董 敦 · 罗 追 札巴 , Pinyin Tongdun Luozhui Zhaba
- ↑ Sharawa Yönten Dragpa (1070–1141); Tib. sha ra ba yon tan grags pa
Coordinates: 29 ° 11 ′ 40 " N , 88 ° 45 ′ 42" E