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Samding Dorje Phagmo

Dorje Phagmo
Mural depiction of Chökyi Drönma, the first incarnation of Samding Dorje Phagmo, at Nyêmo Chekar monastery

The Samding Dorje Phagmo (Wylie: བསམ་སྡིང་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕག་མོ) is the highest female incarnation in Tibet[1] and the third highest-ranking person in the hierarchy after the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama.[2] She was listed among the highest-ranking reincarnations at the time of the 5th Dalai Lama, recognized by the Tibetan government and acknowledged by the emperors of Qing China.[3] In her first incarnation, as Chökyi Drönma (1422 CE–1455 CE), she was the student and consort of the famous polymath Thang Tong Gyalpo,[4] who first identified her as an emanation of Vajravārāhī,[5] and the consort of Bodong Panchen.[6] The seat of the Samding Dorje Phagmo is at Samding Monastery, in Tibet.

  1. ^ The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide, (1988) p. 268. Keith Dowman. ISBN 0-7102-1370-0.
  2. ^ The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation, p. 175. Glenn H. Mullin. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, New Mexico. ISBN 1-57416-092-3.
  3. ^ Diemberger 2007, p. 2.
  4. ^ Stearns 2007, p. 4ff.
  5. ^ Diemberger 2007, p. 46–47.
  6. ^ Stearns 2007, p. 554, n.837.

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