Person:Shamarpa, 1st

Names

Tibetan: གྲགས་པ་སེངྒེ་

Wylie:

• grags pa seng+ge
• zhwa dmar 01 rtogs ldan grags pa seng+ge
• rtogs ldan grags pa seng+ge

Other Transliterations in use:

• Drakpa Senge
• Dragpa Senge
• Tokden Drakpa Senge
• Togden Dragpa Senge
• 1st Sharmapa
• First Sharmapa

Dates

Born: 1283 spo 'bor
Died: 1349

Affiliation

• Karma Kagyu
• Shamarpa

Other Biographical Information

TBRC RID: P70

Biography from shamarpa.org

Important hierarch of the karma kaM tshang tradition.
Very little is known of his literary output.
He was the first in the lineage of numbered zhwa dmar although he was preceded by one bkra shis grags pa who is counted in some prayers and paintings as a predecessor the lineage.

Main Students

• dar ma rgyal mtshan
• phun tshogs dpal
• g.yag sde paN chen

Main Teachers

• Karmapa, 3rd (rang byung rdo rje)

Writings

• Works associated with Shamarpa, 1st in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog