Table of Proper Names

This table includes Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Chinese names. Names prefixed with an asterisk (*) indicate an unattested Sanskrit reconstruction.

NAME IN TRANSLATION	TIBETAN TRANSLITERATION
Abhayadattaśrī	’jig me sbyin
Aḍakāvatī	lcang lo can
Adhiratha	lhag pa’i shing rta
Ajātaśatru	ma skyes dgra
Ājīvaka	kun tu ’tsho ba
Akaramatiśīla	a ka ra ma ti shī la
Akṣapāda	rkang mig
Akṣobhyavajra	(jo bo) mi bskyod rdo rje
Akya Yongzin Yangchen Gawai Lodrö	a kyā yongs ’dzin dbyangs can dga ba’i blo gros
Amitābha	a mi de wa
Amoghavarśa	don yod ’char
Ānanda	kun dga’ bo
Anāthapiṇḍada	mgon med zas byin
Aṅgulimāla	sor mo’i phreng ba
Aṇśuvarma	’od zer go cha
Anupamā	dpe mod mo
Arjaka	ardza ka
Arjuna	srid sgrub
Arkabandhu	nyi ma’i gnyen
Āryadeva	ārya de wa
Asita	mdog nag
*Assana	nye thung bzhin
*Aśthabhuti	a sha tha bhu ti
*Astivāna	rus pa can
Aśvajit	rta thul
Aśvarūpa	rta gzugs
Aśvathāma	rta’i shugs
Āśvina	lha’i sman pa
Aśvinī	tha skar
Ātreya	rgyun shes kyi bu
Avalokiteśvara	spyan ras gzigs
*(Ṣaḍbhuja) Avalokitśvara	myur mdzad phyag drug pa
Avīci	mnar med
Ba Salnang	sba gsal snang
*Bahuhasta	’dzin pa lag mang; lag mang
Balahāka	sprin gyi shugs can
Balāka	gser can
Bāli	stobs ldan
Barön Sunyi	ba ron sun yid
*Bhadrāchara	bzang byed
Bhaga Brāhmaṇa	bha ga’i bram ze
Bhagala	bha ga la
*Bhakanbha	bha kanbha
Bhaṅga	bham ga
Bhaṅgala	bham ga la
Bhāradvaja	bha ra dhva dza
Bharata	’jig sde
Bhīma	jigs sde
Bhīmasena	bhi na si na
Bhiruka	bhi ru ka
Bodha	rtogs ldan
Bhojadeva	bho dza de wa
Bhṛkuṭī	khro gnyer can
*Bhūdhara	sa ’dzin
*Bhūmija	sa la skyes
Bhūpāla	sa skyong
bilva	bil ba
Bimbisāra	gzugs can snying po
Bodhi	byang chub
Bodong Choklé Namgyal	bo dong phyogs las rnam rgayl
Brahmā	tshangs pa
Brahmadatta	tshangs pas byin, tshangs byin
Brahmadeva	lha tshangs pa
Butön Rinchen Drup	bu ston rin chen grub
Camara	tsa ma ra
Caṇḍālikā	tsaṇḍalika
Candra	zla ba
Candraprabha	zla ’od
Cāru	mdzes pa
Cārumanta	mdzes ldan
Celā	gos can
Chapel Tseten Phuntsok	chab spel tshe brtan phun tsogs
Chenghua	ching hwa
Chongyé Terapa Phuntsok Wangpo	’phyongs rgyas bkras rab pa phun tshogs dbang po
Cūta	tsu ta
Dānaśūra	sbyin pa la dpa’ ba
Darma Udumtsen	dar ma ’u dum btsan
Demo Ngawang Gelek	de mo ngag dbang dge legs
Devadatta	lhas sbyin
Devarāja	lha’i rgyal po
Devī Kṛṣṇā	lha mo kṛiṣṇa
*Dhanadā	nor ’byin ma
Dhanapāla	nor skyong
*dhandhaka	dha na dha ka
Dhanyākāra	skyid pa’i ’byung gnas
Dharmakīrti	chos kyi grags pa
Dharmapāla	dharmā pa la
Dhṛtarāṣṭra	yul ’khor srung
Domé	mdo smed
Doring Tenzin Paljor	rdo rings bstan ’dzin dpal ’byor
Draupadī	dro pa ti
Drenka Payön	bran kha dpal yon
Drigum Tsenpo	gri gum btsan po
Dromtön Gyalwai Jungné	’brom ston rgyal ba’i ’byung gnas
Drongtsé Losang Tsultrim	rdzong rtse blo bzang tshul khrims
Dṛ-ṭadhana	nor brtan
Drukpa Kunlek	’brug pa kun legs
Dukhamātṛka	ma la gnod
Dukhita	sdug nsngal ’gyur
Durāgata	nyes ’ongs
Durvāsa	gnas ngan
Duryodhana	’thab dka’ ba
*Eḍaka	lug
Gampopa	sgam po pa
Ganden	dga’ ldan/ dge ldan
Gandhārī	dri za mo
Gar	mgar
Gauḍa	go ḍa
Gautama	go’u ta ma, gō ta ma, go ta ma
Gendun Chöphel	dge ’dun chos ’phel
Gendun Drup	rgyal ba dge ’dun grub
Genghis	jing gi
Ghaṭotkaca	bum sgra
Gö	’gos
Gö Lotsāwa Shönu Pal	gos lo gzhon nu dpal
Gö Trisang	’gos khri bzang
Godong Gomo Tsa	sgo gdong sgo mo’i rtsa
Guhyādhipati (Vajrapāni)	gsang ba’i bdag
Gungthang	gung thang
Gungthang Könchok Tenpai Drönmé	gung thang dkon mchog bstan pa’i sgron me
Hanumān	ha nu mantha
Hashang Mahayana	hva shang mo ho yen
Hiraṇyakāśyapa Balāka	gro skyob gser can ’od srung chu skyar
Horkhang Sönam Palbar	hor khang bsod nams dpal ’bar
Ikṣvāku	bu ram shing pa
Indra	brgya byin
*Indraketu	rgyal ba dbang po’i tog
Jahnu	dza hū
*Jālika	nya pa ru tol
Jālin	dra ba can
Jambudvīpa	dzam bu gling
Jamgön Anyé Shab	’jam mgon ah myes zhabs
Jampal Rölpai Lodrö	’jam dpal rol pa’i blo gros
Jé Tsongkhapa	rje tsong kha pa
Jetavana	dze ta’i tshal / rgyal byed tshal
Jikmé Chin	’jigs med sbyin
Jikmé Gocha Thupten Langtso Dé	’jigs med go cha thub bstan lang tsho’i sde
Jinarṣabha	rgyal ba khyu mchog
Jīvaka	tsho byed bo, ’tsho byed
Jonang Tārānātha	jo nang tā rā nātha
Jyotiṣka	khye’u me skyes, me skyes
Kailaśparvata	ri bo gangs can
Kālidāsa	nag mo’i khol po
Kaliṅga	ka lin ka
Kalmāṣapāda	rkang khra
Kalyāṇa	dge ba
Kamalaśīla	ka ma la shī la
Kāmeśvara	dga’ rab dbang phyug
*Kāñcanamālā	gser phreng can
Kāñcī	kanyach’i; kanyitsa
Kapila	ser skya
Kapilabhadrā	ser skya bzang mo
Kapilavastu	ser skya, ser skya’i gzhi
*Karmadeva	karma lha
Karmapa Rangjung Dorjé	karma pa rang byung rdo rje
Karṇa	rna can, rna ba can
Kārtika	karti ka
Kāśi	ka zhi, ka shi
Kāśīsundara	kā shī mdzes dga’
Kāṣṭhavāṭa	shing thags can
Kātyāyana	ka tyā ya na
Kauṇḍinya	kōṇḍinya
Kaurava	dgra ngan, sgra ngan
Kauśala	ko sa lī
Kauśāmbī	ko’u shāmbhī
Khaché Phalu Ju	kha che pha lu ’ju
Khalka Tüśiyetü Khan	khal kha thu she ye thu khan
Khaṇḍa	dum bu
*Khapara	kha pa ra
Khenpo Sangyé Tenzin	sangs rgyas bstan ’dzin
Khepa Deu	mkhas pa lde’u
Kongpo	kong po
Kṛkī	krī krī
Kṛṣṇā	kṛṣṇa ’dzin
Kṣāntivādi	bzod smra
*Kṣipratuṅga	’phral la mtho
Kulīraka	bu ler ka
Kumāra Jīvaka	’tsho byed gzhon nu
*Kumāra Jīvakabhṛtya	’tsho byed gzhon nu gsos
Kumāra Sudhana	gzhon nu nor bzang
Kumbhakarṇa	kumbha karṇa, bum sna
Kuntī	kuntī, kun ḍi
Kuru	ku ri
Kuruvamśe	skyu ru ra
Kuśanā	ku sha na
Kyilkhang	dkyil khang
Kyilsur Yongzin Losang Jinpa	dkyil zur yongs ’dzin blo bzang sbyin pa
Kyishö	skyi shod
Lakṣmaṇa	lakṣ man
Langdarma	glang dar ma
Langdarma Udumtsen	glang dar ma ’u dum btsan
Laṅkapūrī	lang ka pu ri
*Latrotala	la tro ta la
*Lehuducha	le’u du cha
Lekzing Yön	legs mdzing yon
Lha Thothori Nyentsen	lha tho tho ri gnyan btsan
Lhajé	lha rje
Lhalung Palgyi Dorjé	lha lung dpal gyi rdo rje
Lhokham	lho kham
*Liśī	li shi
Longam	lo ngam
Losang Chödrak	blo bzang chos grags
Losang Palden	blo bzang dpal ldan
Mādrī	ma tri; mā tri
Magadha	ma ga dha
Mahācandra	zla ba chen po
Mahādeva	lha chen
*Mahākāla	phyag drug mgon
Mahākāśyapa	’od srung chen po
Mahānama Śākya	shākya ming chen
Mahāpanthaka	lam chen pa
Mahāraurava	’bod sgrog
Mahāsaṃmata	mang pos bkur ba
Mahauṣadhi Dāraka	khye’u sman chen po
Mahiṣavarda	mchog sbyin
Mahodyāna	bza’ shing gi ra wa rgya chen po
Maitreya	byams pa
Maitribala	byams pa’i stobs
Mākandika	ma du
Mālikā	phreng ldan ma
*Mallaputra	gyad bu nor
Mandārava	man da ra ba
Māndhātā	nga las nu
Mañjuśrī	’jam dpal
Māra	bdud sdig can
Martön Chögyal	dmar ston chos rgyal
Mashang Drompa Kyé	ma zhang grom pa skyes
*Masūrakṣa	ma su raksha; ba yu ra sha
Mātali	mā ta li
Mathurā	bcom brlag
Maudgalyāyana	mo’u ’gal, mōnggal
Megavāhana	sprin la zhon
Meghaśrī	sprin byi dpal
Meru	ri rab
Ming dynasty	ta’i ming gi rgyud pa
Mongol dynasty	hor gyi rgyal
Mount Malayagiri	ri bo ma la ya
Mount Vaṇka	ri bo bang kar
Mṛṇāla	padma’i rtsa lag
Muné Tsenpo	mu ne btsan po
Mutik Tsenpo	mu tig btsan po
Naḍaparvata	dam bu’i ri
Nāgārjuna	klu sgrub
Naimang Lharampa Geshé Ngawang Tenzin	na’i mang lha rams pa geshe ngag dgang bstan ’dzin
Nakpa Tsering	nag pa tshe ring
Naktso Tsultrim Gyalwa	nag tsho tshul khrims rgal ba
Nakula	na ku la, rigs med
Nālada	na la da
*Nalagiri	bzang ldan
Namgyal Söpa	rnam rgyal bzod pa
Namri Songtsen	gnam ri srong btsan
Nanda	dga’ bo
*Naramatima	na ram ti ma
*Naravati	na ra ba ti
Ngawang Chökyi Drakpa	ngag dbang chos kyi grags pa
Ngawang Losang Gyatso	ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho
Nyamsang	nyam bzang
Nyangshap	nyang shab
Nyatri Tsenpo	gnya khri btsan po
Nyethang Or	snye thang ’or
Pāla	pa la
Pañcālā	lnga len
Paṇchen Chökyi Nyima	pan cheṇ chos kyi nyi ma
Paṇchen Losang Palden Yeshé	pan cheṇ blo bzang dpal ldan ye shes
Paṇchen Sönam Drakpa	paṇ chen bsod nams grags pa
Pāṇḍu	skya seng
Panthaka	lam phran pa
*Pāpaja	sdig byung
*Pāpārtha	sdig don
Parivrājaka	kun tu rgyu
Pāṭaliputra	pa ṭa li pu ta li
Pawo Tsuklak Trengwa	dpa’ bo gtsug lag phreng ba
*Poṣaṇa	gsos pa
Potala	ri bo gru ’dzin
Pradyota	rab snang
Prasenajit	gsal rgyal
Pūraṇa	gang po
Pūraṇa Kāśyapa	rdzogs byed
Purgyal	pur rgyal
Rāhula	sgra gcan ’dzin
Rājagṛha	rgyal po’i khab
Rāma, Rāmaṇa	ra ma ṇa
Rāmapāla	ra ma pā la
Rāṣṭrapāla	khor bsrung
Ratna Ānanda	rin chen kun dga
Rauruka	sgra sgrog
Rāvaṇa	bod sgrogs
Ravigupta	nyi ma sbas pa
Rinchen Kunga	rin chen kun dga
Rinchen Pal	rin chen dpal
Roca	’od mdzas
Rudra	drag po
Ruru	ru ru
Sahadeva	lhur bcas, sa ha de ba
Sahora	za hor
Sākali	phur ma
Sakya	sa skya
Śākya	shā kya
Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen Palsangpo	sa skya paṇḍita kun dga’ rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po
Śākyamuni	shā kya mu ni
Samantabhadra	kun tu bzang po
Sāṃkhya	grangs can
Śāṇavāsi	sha na’i gos can
Sañjaya	kun tu rgyal ba
Śaṅkhapāla	Dung skyong dkar po
Śāntarakṣita	zhi ba ’tsho
śarabha	(ri dvags) sha bha
Sarasvatī	dbyang can ma, dbyangs ldan ngang mo
Śāriputra	shā ri’i bu
Sārthavāha	ded dpon mdza’ bo
Shangshung Chöwang Drakpa	zhang zhung chos dbang grags pa
Śibi	shi pi pa
Śikhī	gstug phud can
Siṅgha	seng ge
Siṅghakalpā	pho brang seng ge
Siṅghakeśari	seng ge ral pa can
Siṅghala	sing ga la
Siptri Tsenpo	sribs khri btsan po
Sītā	si ta
Śītavana	bsil ba’i tshal
Śiva	dbang phyug
Sönam Gyaltsen	bsod nams rgyal mtshan
Songtsen Gampo	srong btsan sgam po
*Śraddhā	(rgyal bu) ded pa
Śrāvastī	mnyan yod
Śrīgupta	dpal sbas or dpal sbed
*Sthiraśraddhā	ded pa brtan pa
Subhadra	rab tu bzang po
*Śubhārtha	dge don
Sudarśana	dge mthong
Sudāsa	bran bzangs, su dā sa
Śuddhodana	zas gtsang; gtsang
Sugrīva	mgrin bzang
*Suhṛt	mdza’ bo
Sujātā	legs skyes
Śūka	ne tso
Śuklodana	zas dkar
Sumāgadhā	ma ga ta bzang mo
Sumukha	bzhin bzang
Supāraga	legs par pha rol tu phyin pa
Suparṇa	dab bzang
Supriya	rab dga’
Surapāraka	su ra pā ra ka
Sūryagupta	nyi ma sbas pa
Suvarṇākṣa	gser mig
Suvarṇottamā	gser mchog ma
Svāgata	legs ’ongs
Śyāmāvatī	sngo bsangs can
Taizong	seng ge btsan po
Takṣaśilā	yul rdo ’jog
Tāmradvīpa	zangs gling
Tārā	bzang mo, sgrol ma
Tashilhunpo	bkras shis lhun po
Tattvakaumudī	de nyid ko ma ḍi
Timur	thi mur
Tiṣya	legs pa’i skar ma
Tö	stod
Tö Drompa	stod grom pa
Tölung	stod lung
Tori Longten	to ri long bstan
Tri Dra Pungtsen	khri sgra dpung btsan
Tri Ralpachen	khri ral pa can
Tri Song Detsen	khri srong lde’u btsan
Tri Tok Jeten	khri thog rje bstan
Tri Tsenam	khri btsan nam
Tsang	gtsang
Tsangma	gtsang ma
Ü	dbus
Udayana	u tra ya na, shar pa, shar ba’i bu
Udayana Kañcī	u ta ya na kanyci
Udayanabhadra	char byed bzang po
Udāyī	’char ka
Udrāyaṇa	u tra ya na
Ujjayinī	yul ’phags rgyal
Umā	u ma
Upacāru	nye mdzes
Upacārumanta	nye mdzes ldan
Upacelā	nye gos can
Upananda	nye dga’, nye dga’ bo
Upoṣadha	so sbyong ’phags
Utpalavarṇā	utpa la’i mdog
Vādisiṃha	smra ba’i seng ge
Vaidehī	lu phags ma
Vaiśālī	yangs pa can
Vaiśravaṇa	rnams thos kyi bu, rnam thos sras
*Vakula	ba ku la
Vālī	bha ling
Vālmīki	grog mkhar ba, grog mkhar
Varakalyāṇa	dge mchog
Vārāṇasī	’kor mo ’jig, ’khor mo ’jig, wā rā ṇa sī
Vararuci	mchog sred
Varṣākārā	dbyar tshul ma
Varuṇa	wa ru na
Vāsavadattā	nor lha’i byin
Vasudā	nor ’byin ma
Vāsuki	nor rgyas
Videha	lus ’phags, lu ’phags
Vikramāditya	bhi ka ma a ti ta
Vikṛti	bi kri ti
Virūḍaka	’phags skyes po
Viṣṇu	khyab ’jug
Viśvakarmā	bi shā karma
Viśvantara	thams cad sgrol
Vyāsa	rgyas pa
Wencheng	kong jo
*Yama	las gshin
Yarmo	yar mo
Yerpa	yer pa
Yiga Chözin	yid dga’ chos ’dzin
*Yogadhāraṇa	sbyor ba ’chang
Yongle	ye dbang
Yudhiṣṭhira	g.yul ngor bstan pa, g.yul ngor brtan pa
Zemey Rinpoché Losang Palden	dze smad rin po che blo bzang dpal ldan