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“Tropu Gyeltsa Rinchen Gon b.1118 - d.1195 Gyeltsa Rinchen Gon was a disciple of Pakmodrupa. He founded Tropu monastery, which later became the seat of the Tropu Kagyu tradition initiated by his disciple, Tropu Lotsawa Jampapel. Rinchen Gon was the uncle of Kunden Repa, although some sources have it that the two were brothers.” - http://dev.treasuryoflives.org/tradition/Marpa-Kagyu
“Tropu - Location for National Administrative Units World > Asia > Greater Himalayas & Tibetan Plateau > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > Zhikatsé > Sakya > Tropu; Feature Type Monastery Subjects & Characteristics Event > Founding (1212) Religious Sect > Sakya Religious Sect > Kagyü (See Note) (1212 (probable) - ) Religious Sect > Geluk” - http://places.thlib.org/features/22273#ixzz2O3jpiUcL
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 21, 2013
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 21 Mar 2013
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Tropu monastery, CN.
Lat 29.21481 Long 88.4087
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2013.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Tropu monastery - http://dev.treasuryoflives.org/tradition/Marpa-Kagyu
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Xizang Zizhiqu
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- 托布贡吧 Tuobu Gong - http://www.xiongdeng.com/?p=1416
- Tropu Gompa - http://www.xiongdeng.com/?p=1416
- Tropu (Khro phu) Monastery - books.google.com/books?isbn=1559392754, p. 676
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 29.21481 Long 88.4087 (guided by the coordinates in http://places.thlib.org/features/22273#ixzz2O3jpiUcL and http://places.thlib.org/features/gis_resources/22273.kmz) - based on visual identification of the possible Tropu site in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 21 Mar 2013.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Gyading (Jiding) - http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/shigatse2lhatse&page=all
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Jidingzhen - http://maps.google.com/maps?
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 29.210 Long 88.360 - coords taken from http://maps.google.com/maps?
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Vajrayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Kagyu - http://dev.treasuryoflives.org/tradition/Marpa-Kagyu
- Sakya - http://places.thlib.org/features/22273#ixzz2O3jpiUcL
11. Date-early
- Est. by Tropu Gyeltsa Rinchen Gon [ven.rinchengon] b.1118 - d.1195 - http://dev.treasuryoflives.org/tradition/Marpa-Kagyu
- Est. 1212 (probable) - http://places.thlib.org/features/22273#ixzz2O3jpiUcL
- MBM chrono-tag: 1167-99p - tmciolek 21 Mar 2013
- 1167-99p 1200=> dated-el
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- Est. 1212 (probable) - http://places.thlib.org/features/22273#ixzz2O3jpiUcL
- MBM chrono-tag: 1200=> - tmciolek 21 Mar 2013
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
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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