Drigum Tsenpo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Drigum Tsenpo was an emperor of Tibet. According to Tibetan mythology, he was the first king of Tibet to lose his immortality when he angered his stable master, Lo-ngam. Legend states that rulers of Tibet descended from heaven to earth on a cord, and that they were pulled back up when their time came. Lo-gnam cut the cord, leading to Drigum Tsenpo's death; he thus became the first Tibetan ruler to be buried on earth.
There is a detailed, if rather fabulous, account of his life in the Old Tibetan Chronicle.[1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Bacot, Thomas and Touissant (1940-1946), pp. 123-128. In French.
[edit] References
- Bacot, Thomas and Toussaint. (1940-1946). Documents de Touen-houang relatifs a l'histoire de Tibet. J. Bacot, F. W. Thomas, Ch. Touissant. Paris. Libraire orientaliste Paul Geunther.
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.
 |
This Tibetan biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article relating to a myth or legend from Asia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
