My intention with this project is, gradually and over some time, to provide translations and
studies of documents concerned with tle life and work of Tshangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama.
The following is a list of textlinks which will become active as and when they are
prepared and uploaded. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions or comments.
Tshangs-dbyangs rGya-mtsho’i mgu-glu
("The Songs of Tshangs-dbyangs rGya-mtsho")
The so-called “love-songs”, frequently ascribed to Tshangs-dbyangs rGya-mtsho,
but whose provenance remains uncertain.
Rig-'dzin Tshang-dbyang rGya-mtsho'i gSung-mgur
("The Lyrics of the Vidyadhara Tshangs-dbyangs rGya-mtsho")
Folksongs, some of which may be by and some about Tshangs-dbyangs rGya-mtsho.
Here you can find my historical and literary analysis of this text, as yet unpublished,
but which might be the first full-length treatment of Tibetan poetry as literature;
and this is the introduction. The Edict, issued by the Fifth Dalai Lama, appointing
Sangs-rgyas rGya-mtsho as his sDe-srid. Tibetan text
