The Fifth Dalai Lama's Decree Appointing Sangs-Rgyas Rgya-Mtsho as Regent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2806512 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H E Richardson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 329-344 |
| Publication date | 1980-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00115666 |
| OpenAlex | W2111779307 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
In 1679 the Fifth Dalai Lama issued a decree appointing Sangs-rgyas rgya mtsho to conduct the administration of secular affairs on his behalf in the post usually known as that of regent. The decree, sealed with the imprint of the Dalai Lama's hands, is inscribed in the Potala on a wall opposite the steep triple stair leading down to the great eastern courtyard called Bde-yangs-shar. It is referred to in the third volume of the autobiography of the Dalai Lama (Du-ku-la III, fol. 128a) and in the Vaidurya ser-po composed by Sangs-rgyas rgya-mtsho in 1698 (VSP, p. 360); but the complete text does not appear to have been published in any Tibetan or western work. The copy transcribed below is derived mainly from a photograph kindly given me by Ernst Krause who accompanied Dr. Ernst Schaefer to Lhasa in 1939. As can be seen in the reproduction in plate I the last two lines are obscured by a wooden frame protecting the Dalai Lama's hand-prints and for that passage I am indebted to the Tibetan scholar and author, Tsipon W. D. Shakabpa
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Decree · Inscribed figure · Political science · Regent · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Mathematics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2019 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |