P53: bdag chen bsod nams rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po/

• bdag chen bsod nams rgyal mtshan rdo rje gdan gyi sgrub mchod phyag len [ms] (3b)

• rje bdag chen bsod nams rgyal mtshan gong dkar ba rnam thar III [ms] (4b)
• bdag chen bsod nams rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (50a)

• sku mched, collective name: with bsam grub rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po/ rdor gdan pa'i bka' 'bum thor bu ci rigs pa [2017] (36)

• 'di nyid gong dkar ba rnam thar I_B1 [xyl] (50a)

• Active Period: 2nd half of 15th cent. Ⓢ

• sa skya 'khon rigs gong dkar ba rnam thar I_A [2001] (p. 166)
• lha khang bla brang branch dung dkar re'u mig [1997] (p. 153)

h2. Family Relations

• Father: Ācārya bde legs bkra shis/ Ahmad 1995 (p. 101), sa skya'i gdung rabs chen mo [1975] (p. 399); bsod nams bkra shis/ dung dkar re'u mig [1997] (p. 158)
• Brothers: bsam grub rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po/ [= bsam grub rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po/ (~2nd half of 15th cent.)], shAkya seng ge, don grub rgyal mtshan Ahmad 1995 (p. 101) dung dkar re'u mig [1997] (p. 158)

h2. Teachers

• gong dkar rdo rje gdan pa kun dga' rnam rgyal/ (1432–1496) gong dkar ba rnam thar II_A [ms] (f. 5b)
• mtshungs med rdo rje rgyal mtshan/ [= mus srad pa rdo rje rgyal mtshan/ (1424–1498)] ming mdzod [1992] (p. 1405); here referred to as bdag po bsod nams rgyal mtshan/

• requested gzhon nu rnam rgyal/ (b. 15th cent.) to write the lifestory of gong dkar rdo rje gdan pa kun dga' rnam rgyal/ (1432–1496), cf. gong dkar ba rnam thar II_A [ms] (f. 5b)