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# ཟངས་གླང་མ (ཟངས་གླིང་མ)

The Copper Island (life of Padmasambhava)

Treasure text revealed by Nyang ral, the earliest full life of Padmasambhava: his lotus birth on Lake Dhanakośa in Uḍḍiyāna, adoption by King Indrabhūti, practice in the charnel grounds of India and journey to Tibet.

- **Language:** Classical Tibetan
- **Date:** 1150–1192 CE
- **Author:** [Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer](https://indike.org/pramana/person/nyang-ral)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.bo.medieval.chos-byung.zangs-gling-ma](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.bo.medieval.chos-byung.zangs-gling-ma) · Pramāṇa
