Shara Bumpa monastery/nunnery, (near) Poindo/Lhunzhub, Xizang, CN

Raw data

“[T]he Shar Bumpa nunnery is a very important Tibetan historical and religious monument. The name today does properly belong to nunnery of course, but originally this was a monastery (no idea when the changeover from monks to nuns took place), and the name Shar Bumpa (in Wylie, Sha-ra-'bum-pa) especially belongs to an old Kadampa style chorten there enshrining the bodily relics of Sharawa Yönten Drak (Sha-ra-ba Yon-tan-grags), who lived from 1040 [a typo, it should read 1070 - tmc] to 1141 CE. […] Back in its day, this was one of the largest monasteries in the Penpo ('Phan-po) Valley, with as many as 3,600 students gathering there to hear the Kadampa teachings from Sharawa.“
http://agamsgecko.blogspot.com.au/2008/05/tibets-fearless-nuns-and-unrequited.html

“Richardson mentions this site in High Peaks, Pure Earth, London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 310. "A little way northwest of the [Lhun-grub] rdzong [a direction NW of Lhunzhub appears to be in error, it should read NE - tmciolek] is Shar-ra Bum-pa, a large mchod-rten built by […] the scholar and teacher Sha-ra-ba, a contemporary of Glang-ri-thang-pa. There are several smaller mchod-rten and a nunnery there." [KC 21/10/2006]”
The Tibet Album. "Shara Bumpa temples and reliquary monuments" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. Accessed 12 Mar. 2013 [http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.6.8.221.html]
Input by: tmciolek,  Mar 13, 2013

"Shara Gompa is located north of the county capital and west of Kusha village." - https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:r-S_nLJPD5YJ:www.mountainkingdoms.com/pdf/gt_tibet_110211.pdf

Shara Ani Gompa, est. 11th c. by Sharapa Wonten Drak, a Kadampa master - McCue (2010:124)
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 15, 2013

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 15 Mar 2013

Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200m from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of Shar Bumpa monastery/nunnery, CN.

General location of the Shar Bumpa monastery/nunnery, CN.
Lat 30.01304 Long 91.32698
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2013.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=30.01304+91.32698+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Shar%20Bumpa%20monastery/nunnery,%20CN)&ll=30.01304,91.32698&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

  • Shara Bumpa monastery/nunnery

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • China:Xizang Zizhiqu

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

  • Approx. Lat 30.01304 Long 91.32698 - based on visual identification of a probable Shar Bumpa site (and the associated chortens and a round squat structure called Shara Bumpa - McCue (2010:124)) in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 15 Mar 2013.

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village

7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

8. The settlement's coordinates

9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

  • Vajrayana

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

11. Date-early

  • MBM chrono-tag 1100-32c - tmciolek 13 Mar 2013
  • 1100-32c 1133-66c 1167-99c 1200=> dated-el

12. Date-intermediate

  • [missing data]

13. Date-late

  • The nunnery continued to be active in the 1990s - Barnett (1996:141)
  • MBM chrono-tag 1200=> - tmciolek 13 Mar 2013

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

  • [missing data]

15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

  • Architectural

16. Additional notes

17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

  • [missing data]

18. Available Printed Literature

  • [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 1]
  • [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
  • [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]

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