Sinmo
Sinmo ( Tibetan སྲིན་ མོ་ གན་ རྐྱལ་ དུ་ ཉལ་ བ Wylie srin mo gan rkyal du nyal ba ; also: Srinmo ) is a rakshasi of Tibetan mythology .
myth
According to an ancient Tibetan origin myth , Sinmo and Avalokiteshvara had six children. From these six children, according to the myth, the six tribes of Tibet Se , Mu , Dong , Tong , Dru and Ra emerged.
history
During the reign of Songtsen Gampo ( Yarlung dynasty ) and afterwards, the rakshasi, lying on her back, whose body symbolizes the land of Tibet in this interpretation, is said to have been tamed by building twelve temples, which is said to have made a settlement of Tibet possible. Four of the temples are called "Tadül" ( mtha "dul ; The Border-Taming Temples), eight more are called" Yangdül "( yang 'dul ; Further-Taming Temples). The geomantic ( Feng Shui ) position of the temple is said to have been chosen by one of Songtsen Gampo's five women: the Chinese princess Wencheng Kongjo .
According to this, the Thradug monastery stands, for example, on her left shoulder Sinmos, Uru Katshal on her right shoulder, the Jokhang on her heart, on her left breast Samye , on her right breast the rock monastery Yerpa , on her mouth Ganden , Taktshang on her left leg.
See also
- Kyichu Lhakhang
- Jambay Lhakhang
- Longthang Drölma Lhakhang
- Buchu Monastery
- Chamtrin Lhakhang in Gyirong
Web links
- Martin A. Mills: Royal Buddhist Geomancy in the Srong btsan sgam po Mythology
- Sinmo ( gouache made around 1940 )
- Schematic arrangement of the temples (PDF)
- Khoting Temple at Lhakhang Dzong in Lhodrag
- Khoting Temple