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David Snellgrove

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David Llewellyn Snellgrove (29 June 192025 March 2016) was a British Tibetologist noted for his pioneering work on Buddhism in Tibet as well as his many travelogues. [1]

31 relations: Buddhist councils, Deaths in March 2016, Dharmakāya, Ganachakra, Hevajra, History of Buddhism, Hugh Edward Richardson, List of Fellows of the British Academy elected in the 1960s, List of School of Oriental and African Studies people, Lopön Tenzin Namdak, Luciano Petech, Manaslu, Mipham Sonam Wangchuk Drakpa Namgyal Palzang, Mustang District, Ngawang Drakpa Gyaltsen, Phagmodrupa dynasty, Philip Denwood, Pinerolo, Saṃbhogakāya, Samten Karmay, Snellgrove, SOAS, University of London, Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen, Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra, Tibetology, Upaya, Upper Mustang, Yeti, Zhang-Zhung language, 2016 in the United Kingdom, 5th Dalai Lama.

Buddhist councils

Since the death of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddhist monastic communities have periodically convened to settle doctrinal and disciplinary disputes and to revise and correct the contents of the sutras.

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Deaths in March 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2016.

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Dharmakāya

The dharmakāya (Sanskrit, "truth body" or "reality body") is one of the three bodies (trikaya) of a buddha in Mahayana Buddhism.

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Ganachakra

A ganacakra (Sanskrit: gaṇacakra "gathering circle") is also known as tsog, ganapuja, cakrapuja or ganacakrapuja.

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Hevajra

Hevajra (Tibetan: ཀྱེའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་ kye'i rdo rje / kye rdo rje; Chinese: 喜金剛 Xǐ jīngāng / 呼金剛 Hū jīngāng) is one of the main yidams (enlightened beings) in Tantric, or Vajrayana Buddhism.

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History of Buddhism

The history of Buddhism spans from the 5th century BCE to the present.

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Hugh Edward Richardson

Hugh Edward Richardson (22 December 1905 – 3 December 2000) was an Indian Civil Service officer, British diplomat and Tibetologist.

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List of Fellows of the British Academy elected in the 1960s

The British Academy consists of world-leading scholars and researchers in the humanities and social sciences.

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List of School of Oriental and African Studies people

This is a list of School of Oriental and African Studies people, including alumni, former and current members of staff.

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Lopön Tenzin Namdak

Lopön Tenzin Namdak (born 1926 in Khyungpo Karu - - in Kham) is a Tibetan religious leader and the most senior teacher of Bon, in particular of Dzogchen and the Mother Tantras.

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Luciano Petech

Luciano Petech (8 June 1914, Trieste – 29 September 2010, Rome) was an Italian scholar of Himalayan history and the early relations between Tibet, Nepal and Italy.

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Manaslu

Manaslu (मनास्लु, also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world at above sea level.

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Mipham Sonam Wangchuk Drakpa Namgyal Palzang

Mipham Sonam Wangchuk Drakpa Namgyal Palzang (died 1671) was a king in Central Tibet.

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Mustang District

Mustang District (मुस्ताङ जिल्ला), a part of Province No. 4 in Dhawalagiri Zone of northern Nepal, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal.

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Ngawang Drakpa Gyaltsen

Ngawang Drakpa (Gyaltsen) (d. 1603 or 1604) was a king in Central Tibet who ruled from 1554 to 1556/57, and again from 1576 to 1603/04.

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Phagmodrupa dynasty

The Phagmodrupa Dynasty or Pagmodru was a dynastic regime that held sway over Tibet or parts thereof from 1354 to the early 17th century.

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Philip Denwood

Philip Denwood is a British Tibetologist noted for his work on traditional Tibetan arts and handicrafts, Himalayan architecture and Tibetan linguistics.

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Pinerolo

Pinerolo (Pignerol; Piemontese: Pinareul) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, northwestern Italy, southwest of Turin on the river Chisone.

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Saṃbhogakāya

The Saṃbhogakāya (Sanskrit: "body of enjoyment", Tib: longs spyod rdzog pa'i sku) is the second mode or aspect of the Trikaya.

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Samten Karmay

Samten Gyeltsen Karmay (1936-) is a writer and researcher in the field of Tibetan Studies.

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Snellgrove

Snellgrove is a surname.

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SOAS, University of London

SOAS University of London (the School of Oriental and African Studies), is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen

Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen (1302 – 21 November 1364) was a key figure in Tibetan History.

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Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra

For the work of the same title by Shantarakshita, see Tattvasamgraha Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra (Sanskrit), is an important seventh century Indian Buddhist tantric text that was very important for the development of the Vajrayana Yoga tantra traditions in India, Tibet, China, Japan and Sumatra, amongst others.

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Tibetology

Tibetology refers to the study of things related to Tibet, including its history, religion, language, politics and the collection of Tibetan articles of historical, cultural and religious significance.

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Upaya

Upaya (Sanskrit:, expedient means, pedagogy) is a term used in Mahayana Buddhism to refer to an aspect of guidance along the Buddhist Paths to liberation where a conscious, voluntary action is driven by an incomplete reasoning about its direction.

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Upper Mustang

Mustang (from the Tibetan möntang, मुस्तांग Mustāṃg "fertile plain"), formerly Kingdom of Lo, is a remote and isolated region of the Nepalese Himalayas.

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Yeti

In the folklore of Nepal, the Yeti or Abominable Snowman (Nepali: हिममानव himamānav, lit. "snow man") is an ape-like entity, taller than an average human, that is said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet.

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Zhang-Zhung language

Zhang-Zhung is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in what is now western Tibet.

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2016 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2016 in the United Kingdom.

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5th Dalai Lama

Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617 to 1682) was the Fifth Dalai Lama, and the first Dalai Lama to wield effective temporal and spiritual power over all Tibet.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Snellgrove

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