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Like most other collective entities in the Tibetan cultural landscape, the Dalai Lama and his government have mundane protectors, who are often described as the "Two Red and Black Protectors" (srung ma dmar nag gnyis).
The Shuk-den Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part II) 2010
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Like most other collective entities in the Tibetan cultural landscape, the Dalai Lama and his government have mundane protectors, who are often described as the "Two Red and Black Protectors" (srung ma dmar nag gnyis).
The Shuk-den Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part II) 2010
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Like most other collective entities in the Tibetan cultural landscape, the Dalai Lama and his government have mundane protectors, who are often described as the "Two Red and Black Protectors" (srung ma dmar nag gnyis).
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Like most other collective entities in the Tibetan cultural landscape, the Dalai Lama and his government have mundane protectors, who are often described as the "Two Red and Black Protectors" (srung ma dmar nag gnyis).
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As a symbol of their close bond, the Third Karmapa had presented a red hat crown (dbus-zhva dmar-po) to one of his main disciples, Dragpa-senggey, who later became known as the First Zhamar Rinpoche (Zhva-dmar rTogs-ldan Grags-pa seng-ge) (1284 – 1349).
A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 4 The Pagmodru, Rinpung, and Tsangpa Hegemonies 2009
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Mars (indicated by the number 3 in a horoscope chart) (= bkra-shis) mig-dmar
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[Just as the Fourth Zhamarpa supported the Rinpung rulers, now the Fifth Zhamarpa (Zhva-dmar dKon-mchog yan-lag) (1525 – 1583) became the chief advisor of the King of Tsang.]
A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 4 The Pagmodru, Rinpung, and Tsangpa Hegemonies 2009
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Mars (indicated by the number 3 in a horoscope chart) (= bkra-shis) mig-dmar
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The Fourth Zhamar Rinpoche (Zhva-dmar Chos-kyi grags-pa ye-she) (1453 – 1526) was a contemporary of the Seventh Karmapa.
A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 4 The Pagmodru, Rinpung, and Tsangpa Hegemonies 2009
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On their return, the Emperor built the Nang Lhakang (Nang Lha-khang) Buddhist temple at Dragmar (Brag-dmar).
chained_bear commented on the word dmar
"With only a few mentions of dmar (the Tibetan word for 'copper,' which probably indicates bronze coins), the contracts record exchanges almost entirely in grain."
--Valerie Hansen, The Silk Road: A New History (Oxford and New York: Oxford UP, 2012), 185-186
January 4, 2017