| Place | Blue Annals Roerich References | Feature Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| la stod lho | 1070 | principality | This is one of the 13 myriarchies of tibet (khri skor). |
| gung thang | 130, 207, 245, 366, 432, 435, 436, 496, 498, 786, 787, 802, 855, 916, 919, 1022, 1023, 1057, 1070 | This is a principality and monastery, aka gung thang (tshal) |
| Place | Description | Page # |
|---|---|---|
| “Abode of Snows” (Tibet) | setting geographical context for chapter | nearly every page in Chapter |
| mnga' ris | where Dharmapāla ordained the three Pālas and others (1062); where the written works of 'bri rdzi dkar ba were perhaps expected but not found (1085) | 1062, 1085 |
| sol nag than po che | where the great pandita established the Buddhist Chronology in the year Fire Female Hare (me mo yos 1207 A.D.) | 1062 |
| Kāśmīra | where the mahā-paṇḍita laboured (and possibly died), in addition to Tibet | 1064, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1087 |
| India | one destination of khro phu lo tsa ba | 1064, 1065 |
| Nepal | one destination of khro phu lo tsa ba | 1064, 1065 |
| skyi rong | place where khro phu lo tsa ba stopped on his way to India and Nepal and spoke to don zhags pa chen po | 1064 |
| rgyang ro gun chung | where rgya was residing when he gave khro phu lo tsa ba the Cycles of the Doctrine of zhang | 1066 |
| gro mo | where khro phu lo tsa ba stopped for provisions | 1066 |
| be dur | Indian marketplace from where khro phu lo tsa ba sent an invitation to the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East. | 1066 |
| Jagattara of the East | residence of the mahā-paṇḍita whom khro phu lo tsa ba invited to be dur | 1066 |
| la drug | place where the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East and his retinue met the messengers of khro phu lo tsa ba | 1066 |
| Eastern India | place whence great sthaviras came to beg the mahā-paṇḍita not to proceed to Tibet | 1067 |
| Vaneś¬vara | where khro phu lo tsa ba met the Dharmasvāmin/mahā-paṇḍita from Jagattara of the East | 1067 |
| phag ri | where the Dharmasvāmin/mahā-paṇḍita from Jagattara of the East arrived and was attended on by monks and laymen | 1068 |
| rgyang ro | aka rgyang ro gun chung? one of the places to where spread the teachings of the Dharmasvāmin/mahā-paṇḍita from Jagattara of the East | 1068 |
| mgur mo | one of the places to where spread the teachings of the Dharmasvāmin/mahā-paṇḍita from Jagattara of the East | 1068 |
| tshon 'dus | one of the places where monks gathered around the Dharmasvāmin/mahā-paṇḍita from Jagattara of the East | 1068 |
| C:mig | aka C:mig ring mo (1069)? one of the places where monks gathered around the Dharmasvāmin/mahā-paṇḍita from Jagattara of the East | 1068, 1069 |
| khro phu | place where inmates received monks and laymen trying to see the Dharmasvāmin/mahā-paṇḍita from Jagattara of the East?; where image of Maitreya was erected | 1068, 1070 |
| klas mo che of snar ¬(thang) | where the Dharmasvāmin/mahā-paṇḍita from Jagattara of the East went after khro phu to preach the Commentary on the Pan͂͂caviṃśatisāhasrikā (1068), and where he spent his summer retreat (1069) | 1068, 1069 |
| dbus | where the Dharmasvāmin/mahā-paṇḍita from Jagattara of the East claimed he was to go (1068); where blo bzang grags pa'i dpal was told to study by don grub rin chen (1070); where smra ba'i seng ge rong ston chen po went and studied (1080); where klu mes founded monasteries and monastic communities, and the homeland of five of the ten men that comprised the group bu ston described (1085); where district of lhun grub lha rtse is located (1090) | 1068, 1070, 1080, 1085, 1090 |
| spo khang | where palm-leaf manuscript leaves stolen by a crow that was a manifestation of Tārā were discovered and are now preserved | 1068 |
| 'tshur phu | one of the places where the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East went after srin po ri (also an organization) | 1069 |
| lha sa | one of the places where the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East went after srin po ri; where rin po she bsod nams grags pa held a religious assembly (1083) | 1069, 1083 |
| Upper gzhu snye | the route by which the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East traveled to Lhasa and ‘tshur phu | 1069 |
| 'chims¬ phu | hermitage where the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East went in addition to bsam yas proper | 1070 |
| rgya ma rin chen sgang | visitation place for the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East | 1070 |
| rwa sgreng | visitation place for the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East | 1070 |
| gnyal | place where the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East went | 1070 |
| lo ro | place where the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East went (1070); where rab¬ dga' ba chen po, spiritual son of rin chen 'od was from (1087) | 1070, 1087 |
| lho brag | place where the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East went | 1070 |
| Person | Description | Page # |
|---|---|---|
| Śantarakṣita | the mahā-upādhyāya Sarvāstivādin, progenitor of “Lower” Lineage | 1062 |
| bla chen po (dgongs pa rab gsal) | transmitter of the “Lower” Lineage | 1062 |
| Dharmapāla | East Indian Sarvāstivādin paṇḍita, progenitor of “Upper” Lineage, ordainer of | 1062, 1071 |
| Śakyaśrī (bhadra) | Kashmirian Sarvāstivādin paṇḍita who transmitted the third of the three mentioned lineages, along with “Lower” from Śantarakṣita and “Upper” from Dharmapāla; destined to be the Third Buddha Pradyota (rab gsal) | 1062 |
| the great paṇḍita | aka Śakyaśrī? Aka mahā-paṇḍita, established Buddhist Chronology at sol nag than po che in the year Fire Female Hare (me mo yos 1207 A.D.) | 1062, 1063 |
| khro phu lo tsa ba | aka byams pa'i dpal (1064), composer of stotra (story/sastra?) in honor of the kha che pang¬ chen that establishes birth-year of mahā-paṇḍita (1063); significant character in story of mahā-paṇḍita (1064-1070) | 1063, 1064, 1066, 1070 |
| kha che pang¬ chen | honoree of the story of khro phu lo tsa ba | 1063 |
| spyi bo lhas pa | used as exemplary author | 1063 |
| don zhags pa chen po | disciple of rin po che rgyal ¬tsha of whom khro phu lo tsa ba requested an examination of omens | 1064 |
| rin po che rgyal ¬tsha | teacher of don zhags pa chen po | 1064 |
| Amoghapaśa | (definitely human?) to whom don zhags pa chen po says he will address himself in order to determine success of omens, as requested by khro phu lo tsa ba | 1065 |
| Lord Mitra | first seen in dream of khro phu lo tsa ba and then invited to Tibet | 1065 |
| Buddhaśrī | paṇḍita in the mirror in dream of khro phu lo tsa ba who was then invited to Tibet | 1065 |
| rgya | kalyāṇa-mitra who was a disciple of bla ma zhang; gave khro phu lo tsa ba Cycles of the Doctrine of zhang | 1065-1066 |
| bla ma zhang | teacher of rgya | 1065 |
| zhang | the Cycles of the Doctrine of zhang were given to khro phu lo tsa ba; he said to behave noisily and that khro phu lo tsa ba will succeed | 1066 |
| junior paṇḍita Jayaśrī | one of the two Indians sent by khro phu lo tsa ba to invite mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East to be dur | 1066, 1067 |
| Vārāṇasī pa | one of the two Indians sent by khro phu lo tsa ba to invite mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East to be dur | 1066 |
| jo sras nyi ma | one of the two Tibetans sent by khro phu lo tsa ba to invite mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East to be dur | 1066 |
| khams pa byang ¬grags | one of the two Tibetans sent by khro phu lo tsa ba to invite mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East to be dur | 1066 |
| mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East | khro phu lo tsa ba invited him to be dur | 1066, 1067 |
| acārya Nāgārjuna | consecrator of Tārā image brought by the great sthaviras of Eastern India who came to beg the mahā-paṇḍita not to proceed to Tibet; author of Madhyamika texts and others | 1067, 1071, 1076, 1077 |
| Jn͂͂ānamitra | author of commentary on the Abhidharmasamuccaya which the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East translated | 1069 |
| Abbot of srin po ¬ri | requested that the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East bestow an exposition of the Five Treatises of Maitreya | 1070 |
| gnyal zings po che pa | a practitioner of the rgyal sras lam rim at srin po ri | 1070 |
| lha zhi ba 'od | invitor of the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East to bsam yas | 1070 |
| dbon ston rin chen sgang pa | met by the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East at bsam yas or ‘chims phu | 1070 |
| 'bri khung pa | who the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East failed to meet, presumably the abbott or similar figure at ‘bri khung (1070); appointer of mnga 'bdag chos seng to position of official of cya and dags (place names) (1089) | 1070, 1089 |
| Organization | Description | Page # |
|---|---|---|
| The four tshogs sde | used as an example of the religious schools that will be covered in the chapter | 1062 |
| Sarvāstivādins | school to which all Vinayadharas of Tibet belong | 1062 |
| the three Pālas | ordained by Dharmapāla in mnga’ ris | 1062 |
| Kālacakra scholars | 1063 | |
| srin po ri | monastery near Gyangtse where the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East discovered three images of divinities mentioned in the Tantra of sangs rgyas thod pa and where he then spent a summer retreat | 1069, 1070 |
| bsam yas | monastery where the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East went after srin po ri | 1070 |
| 'tshur phu | one of the monasteries that invited the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East | 1070 |
| rgya ma | one of the monasteries that invited the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East | 1070 |
| 'bri khung | one of the monasteries that invited the mahā-paṇḍita at Jagattara of the East (also a place) | 1070 |