Trinyen Songtsen Explained

Trinyen Songtsen (Tibetan: ཁྲི་གཉན་གཟུངས་བཙན; Wylie: Khri-gnyan gZung-btsan, Chinese:赤宁松赞) was the 29th King of Bod according to Tibetan legendary tradition. He was one of the legendary kings and the first of the so-called Pre-Imperial Period (493-630). Before him there were the so-called Five Unifying Kings whose names ended in Tsen.

Life

Trinyen Songtsen was the son of Thothori Nyantsen^[1]

The Tibetan Annals state that like his father, Trinyen made offerings with Secret Antidotes and that this is why the kingdom grew during his rule.^[2]

It is also stated that Trinyen was buried at Donkhorda, the site of the royal tombs, to the right of his father Thothori's tomb.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Drup, Buton Richen . Buton's History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet . 2013 . Shambhala Publications, p. 271 . 9780834829527 . en.
2. Book: Kerrigan . Michael . The Diamond Path . Bishop . Clifford . Chambers . James . 1998 . Time-Life Books . 9780705435635 . en.
3. Book: Gyaltsen, Sakapa Sonam . The Clear Mirror . 1996 . Snow Lion Publications, pp. 89-90 . 9781559390484 . en.