Gendun Chopel
Gedun Choephel (see here) · photo courtesy of India Office Library and Records, British Library (in Goldstein, Melvyn C. (1991). A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State. University of California Pre · Public domain
- Born
- 1903 · Tongren.
- Died
- 1951
- Nationality
- Tibet
- Occupation
- historian · painter · translator · editor · writer
- Fields
- tibetan
- Teachers
- Gendun Tendzin Gyatso · Sherab Gyatso
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Training under Gendun Tendzin Gyatso and Sherab Gyatso is recorded. Rakra Tethong Rinpoche and Nyak Rongpa Dawa Zangpo are recorded as having studied under Gendun Chopel. The recorded working language is Tibetan. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are tibetan.
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