Paṇ chen I Blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan (1567/8-1662)
Dictionary Definition:
Rabsal, pp. 209-212. Gives dates as 1570-1662. Mkhas grub Sangs rgyas ye shes recognized him as a rebirth of Dben sa pa. In his 17th year, he went to study at Bkra shis lhun po where he became abbot in his 32nd year.
Some uninscribed images are identified with him in Portraits of the Masters, p. 316 ff. The identification is questionable, however. From the facial & cranial physiognomy, they would seem to resemble representations of Bu ston Rin chen grub.
There is a woodblock depiction in Tucci's Tibetan Painted Scrolls, figure 100 at p. 451.
Dungkar Rinpoche's dictionary, p. 1258, where his dates are 1570-1662.
This is the auto-commentary on his Rgyal ba'i gzhung lam text. Roger R. Jackson, Archer among the Yellow Hats: Some Geluk Uses of Saraha, The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, vol. 10 (2009), pp. 105-133.
Contained in: Gnyal ston Dpal 'byor lhun grub, et al., Phyag rgya chen po'i lta ba spyi khyab tu ngo sprod pa'i khrid yig phyogs sgrig, Dpal brtsegs bod yig dpe rnying zhib 'jug khang, Mkhyen brtse'i 'od snang series no. 11, Bod ljongs mi rigs dpe skrun khang (Lhasa 2010), pp. 58-109.
Dge ldan bka' brgyud rin po che'i man ngag 'khrug pa'i 'khrid dpe thar 'dod kyi ded dpon.
