Tenzin ( bo, བསྟན་འཛིན) is a
Tibetan given name, meaning "the holder of Buddha Dharma". Tenzin can alternatively be spelled as Tenzing and Stanzin as well. Stanzin is generally used by the
Ladakhi people, since
Ladakhi language
The Ladakhi language is a Tibetic language spoken in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is the predominant language in the Buddhist-dominated district of Leh. Though a member of the Tibetic family, Ladakhi is not mutually intelligible w ...
retains many archaic forms which have been lost in other modern Tibetan languages. For example, in Standard Written Tibetan, 'Tenzin' is spelled as "bstan'zin"; however, when it is spoken, both the 'b' and the 's' are silent and 'an' becomes 'en' in Standard Lhasa Tibetan.
It may refer to any of the following people:
Biographical people
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Gyalsey Tenzin Rabgye (1638–1696), fourth Druk Desi (secular ruler) of Bhutan
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Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen
Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen (), 1894–1977, known also as Negi Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen (), Tenzin Gyaltsen (bstan 'dzin rgyal mtshan), and various other names like Kunu (khu nu) Rinpoche, Kunu Lama and Negi Lama (ne gi bla ma), was born in 1894 in ...
(1895–1977), leader of a non-sectarian movement within Buddhism
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Lobsang Tenzin (born 1939), Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile
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Lopön Tenzin Namdak
Lopön Tenzin Namdak (, born 1926 in Khyungpo Karu – – in Kham) is a Tibetan religious leader and the most senior teacher of Bon, in particular of Dzogchen and the Mother Tantras.
Early life
Tenzin Namdak's father was a farmer in Ch ...
(born 1926), Tibetan religious leader
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Tenzin Choedrak (1922–2001), personal physician to the Dalai Lama
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Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
Lithang Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche or Tenzing Deleg () (1950 – 2015) was a Tibetan Buddhist leader from Garze, Sichuan. He is also known for working to develop social, medical, educational and religious institutions for Tibetan nomads in eas ...
(born 1950), Tibetan Buddhist leader accused of involvement in a bombing
* Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935), the
14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: ''bsTan-'dzin rgya-mtsho''); né Lhamo Thondup), known as ...
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Tenzin Jigme Tenzin Jigme (Thutob Wangchuk) (Lhasa, 1948 – February 13, 1997) was a Tibetan tulku and the sixth Reting Rinpoche.
His reincarnation is recognized by the Tibetan government. His recognition is being challenged by another sixth Reting Rinpoch ...
(1948–1997), abbot of an important Tibetan Buddhist monastery
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Tenzin Palmo
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (born 1943) is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She is best known for being o ...
(born 1943), Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, and yogini
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Tenzin Priyadarshi
Tenzin Priyadarshi is the president and CEO of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Early years
Priyadarshi was born into a Hindu Bhumihar Brahmin family in Vaishali district, ...
, Buddhist philosopher and teacher; Director, The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT
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Tenzin Tsundue
Tenzin Tsundue (born 1975) is a poet, writer and Tibetan refugee and activist. As of 2019 he has been taken into preventive custody, arrested or jailed 16 times for short durations for his activism by Indian authorities, as India does not allow ...
(born 1975), Tibetan poet and activist
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Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche ( Tib. o thog bstan 'dzin dbang rgyal) is a teacher (lama) of the Bon Tibetan religious tradition. He is founder and director of the Ligmincha Institute and several centers named Chamma Ling, organizations dedicated to the ...
, Tibetan lama
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Tenzin Zopa
Geshe Tenzin Zopa (born 1975) is a Nepalese Tibetan Buddhist monk of the Mahayana tradition. He is the resident teacher of the Losang Dragpa Centre of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Zopa is featured in the 2 ...
(born 1975), Buddhist monk and teacher
Fictional characters
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Tenzin (''Uncharted''), fictitious leader of a Tibetan village
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Tenzin (''The Legend of Korra''), a character in the animation series ''The Legend of Korra''
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Tenzing Tharkay (''Temeraire'' series), a character in the novel series ''Temeraire'' by
Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik (born April 30, 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the ''Temeraire'' series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her ''Scholomance'' fantasy series (2020 ...
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Yakushiji Tenzen
is a historical fantasy novel about ninja written in 1958–1959 by the Japanese author Futaro Yamada. It is the first installment in Yamada's ''Ninja Scrolls'' series, which he wrote until his death in 2001. The book was translated into English ...
, a character in the novel ''The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''
See also
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Tenzing (name)
References
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