Rinchen, meaning "treasure", is a
Tibetan name Subash Lama
Tibetan names typically consist of two juxtaposed elements.
Family names are rare except among those of aristocratic ancestry and then come before the personal name (but diaspora Tibetans living in societies that expect a surname may a ...
, used by speakers of various
Tibetic languages
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. It is also used as a given name by
Mongols
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China ( Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family o ...
, seen as early as the
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...
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As a
Mongolian name, it has various spellings such as Rinchin, Renchin, or Erinchin. People with Rinchen as one of their given names, or as a patronymic, include:
Buddhist leaders and teachers
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Rinchen Chok of Ma (), one of the disciples of Padmasambhava
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Rinchen Zangpo
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Lochen Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055; ), also known as Mahaguru, was a principal lotsawa or translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan during the second diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet, variously called the New Translation School, ...
(958–1055), translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan
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Yeshe Rinchen
Yeshe Rinchen () was a Tibetan Imperial Preceptor (''Dishi'') at the court of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. He lived from (1248-1294) and hailed from Sakya, the foremost monastic regime in Tibet in this period, and held the title from 1286 to his d ...
(1248–1294), Imperial Preceptor at the court of the Yuan dynasty
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Rinchen Gyaltsen
Rinchen Gyaltsen () who lived from (1238 – 24 March 1279) was a Tibetan imperial preceptor at the court of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China. His reign lasted from 1274 to his demise in either 1279 or 1282.
Family background
Rinchen Gy ...
(–1305), ruler of the Sakya school
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Buton Rinchen Drub
Butön Rinchen Drup (), (1290–1364), 11th Abbot of Shalu Monastery, was a 14th-century Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school), Sakya master and Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhist leader. Shalu was the first of the major monasteries to be built by nob ...
(1290–1364), eleventh abbot of Shalu Monastery
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Gendün Rinchen (1926–1997), 69th Je Khenpo of Bhutan
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Sonam Rinchen (1933–2013), teacher of Buddhist philosophy and practice in Dharamshala, India
Mongol nobility
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Rinchinbal Khan
Rinchinbal ( Mongolian: Ринчинбал , ; ), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Ningzong of Yuan (; May 1, 1326 – December 14, 1332), was a son of Kuśala (Emperor Mingzong) who was briefly installed to the throne of the Yuan dy ...
(1326–1332), tenth emperor of the Yuan dynasty
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Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji
Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji () was a prince of the Khalkha
The Khalkha (; ) have been the largest subgroup of the Mongols in modern Mongolia since the 15th century. The Khalkha, together with Chahars, Ordos Mongols, Ordos and Tumed, were directl ...
(), prince of the Khalkha federation of Western Mongolia
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Sengge Rinchen
Sengge Rinchen (1811 – 18 May 1865) or Senggelinqin () was a Mongols, Mongol nobleman and general who served under the Qing dynasty during the reigns of the Daoguang Emperor, Daoguang, Xianfeng Emperor, Xianfeng and Tongzhi Emperor, Tongzhi emper ...
(1811–1865), Qing dynasty nobleman and general from Inner Mongolia
Other
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Byambyn Rinchen (1905–1977), Mongolian scholar of linguistics and literature
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Chewang Rinchen (1931–1997), Indian army officer from Ladakh
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Rinchen Lhamo (1901–1929), writer from Kham who settled in the United Kingdom
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Rinchen Barsbold
Rinchen Barsbold (, Rinchyengiin Barsbold, born December 21, 1935, in Ulaanbaatar) is a Mongolian paleontologist and geologist. He works with the Institute of Geology, at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He is an expert in vertebrate paleontology and Mesozo ...
(born 1935), Mongolian paleontologist
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Ngawang Rinchen (born 1984), Chinese actor
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Pema Rinchen
Pema Rinchen is a Bhutanese former football player and manager. He plays as a defender. He won the A-Division in 2008, 2010 and 2011 and participated in the AFC President's Cup as member of the Yeedzin in 2009 and 2011.
International career
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(born 1986), Bhutanese footballer
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Rinchen Maarkhane Moktan Tamang (born 2003), Indian MMA Fighter, from Darjeeling.
See also
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Renchinlkhümbe
Renchinlkhümbe () is a district of Khövsgöl Province in Mongolia. Its area is approximately , of which are pasture and 35% are forest. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 4,284, most of whom belonged to the Darkhad subgroup. The di ...
, a sum (district) in Khövsgöl, northern Mongolia
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Rinchen Subtso
Renqingxiubu , or Renqingxiubucuo (), also known as Rinchen Shubtso (), is a salt lake in Zhongba County in the Shigatse Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a coun ...
, a lake in Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
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Rinchenia
''Rinchenia'' (named after Byambyn Rinchen) is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch in what is now Mongolia, Nemegt Formation, around 70 million years ago. The type species, type and only known spec ...
, a genus of Dinosauria named after Rinchen Barsbold
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