桑耶寺

Readings

Pinyin: Sāngyésì

Wade-Giles: Sang-yeh-ssu

Hangul: 상야사

Korean MC: Sangyasa

Korean MR: Sangyasa

Katakana: ソウヤジ

Hepburn: Sōyaji

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• The first Buddhist monastery in Tibet, which according to Tibetan tradition was modeled after Otantapuri’i gtsug lag khang (Skt. Odantapurī) in modern Bihār, India. It was probably constructed between 775–779 under the patronage of Khri Srong lde btsan (r. 754–ca. 799). [resp. John Powers; source(s): HDT]

Dictionary References:

Historical Dictionary of Tibet, .

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