3rd Dalai Lama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

3rd Dalai Lama

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1543

Place of Birth: Lhasa, Tibet, China

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1588

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sonam Gyatso (Tibetan: ?????????????????, Wylie: bsod nams rgya mtsho, ZYPY: Soinam Gyaco; 1543–1588) was the first to be named Dalai Lama, although the title was retrospectively given to his two predecessors. He was born near Lhasa in 1543 and was recognised as the reincarnation of Gendun Gyatso and subsequently enthroned at Drepung Monastery by Panchen Sonam Dragpa, who became his tutor.
Panchen Sonam Dragpa was the 15th Ganden Tripa and his texts still serve as the core curriculum for many Gelugpa monasteries.
The third Dalai Lama studied at Drepung Monastery and became its abbot.
His reputation spread quickly and the monks at Sera Monastery also recognised him as their abbot.According to Sumpa Khenpo, the great Gelug scholar, he also studied some Nyingmapa tantric doctrines.When one of Tibet's kings, who had been supported by the Kagyupa, died in 1564, Sonam Gyatso presided over his funeral.
His political power, and that of the Gelugpas, became dominant in Tibet by the 1570s.



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Description	Russian explorer, ethnologist, philologist and politician
Date of birth/death	20 April 1873	20 September 1930
Location of birth/death	Transbaikal	Aginskoye
Authority control	: Q1255243 VIAF: 229031335 ISNI: 0000 0003 5632 359X LCCN: n82126737 Open Library: OL4281951A SUDOC: 03141558X WorldCat