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Pema Lingpa (pad+ma gling pa, 1450-1521) was born in Chel Baridrang (chal ba ri brang), in the Tang (stangs) valley in the district of Bumtang (bum thang). His father was Dondrub Zangpo (don grub bzang po) of Sumtrang (sum phrang) and his mother was Pema Dronma (pad+ma sgron ma). His birth was on the fifteenth day of the second month of the male iron-horse year of the eighth sexagenary cycle, corresponding to 1450. His parents named him Dondrub Gyelpo (don grub rgyal po) and his maternal aunt Peldron (dpal sgron) named him Peljor (dpal 'byor). Another aunt of his was Ashe Drubtob Zangmo (a she grub thob bzang mo) was a consort of Tangtong Gyelpo (thang stong rgyal po, 1361-1485). (Continue with the Pema Lingpa Biography by Ariana Maki).
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