# 2nd Dalai Lama

> Gedun Gyatso held the title in hindsight. He lived as a monk between Tashilhunpo and Drepung, ordained and teaching, but the numbered succession — the Dalai Lama line as institution — was formalized only after his death in 1542.

*Dalai Lama of Tibet (1476-1542)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/2nd-dalai-lama

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** China
- **Born:** 1476
- **Died:** 1542
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in 1475, Gedun Gyatso was also called Yonten Phuntsok or Gedun Gyatso Palzangpo. He took ordination at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse and later moved to Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, where he spent his working life. He died in 1542. It was only posthumously that he received the designation 2nd Dalai Lama, slotted retroactively into a lineage that would grow to anchor Tibetan Buddhism and, eventually, global attention.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 5.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Literature, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25259)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Dalai_Lama)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/2nd%20Dalai%20Lama)
- [جيندون جياتسو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88)
- [দ্গে-'দুন-র্গ্যা-ম্ত্শো](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87-'%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8B)
- [དགེ་འདུན་རྒྱ་མཚོ།](https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%92%E0%BE%B1%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D)
- [2-р Далай Лама](https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-%D1%80_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0)
- [Gedun Gyatso](https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedun_Gyatso)
- [Gendün Gjamccho](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gend%C3%BCn_Gjamccho)
- [Gendün Gyatsho](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gend%C3%BCn_Gyatsho)
- [Gendun Gyatso](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendun_Gyatso)
- [Gendun Gyatso](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendun_Gyatso)
- [دومین دالایی لاما](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7)
- [Gendun Gyatso](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendun_Gyatso)
- [Gendun Gyatso](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendun_Gyatso)
- [Gedun Gyaco](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedun_Gyaco)
- [Դալայ Լամա II](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B5_%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1_II)
- [Dalai Lama ke-2](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama_ke-2)
- [Gendün Gyatso](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gend%C3%BCn_Gyatso)
- [ダライ・ラマ2世](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E2%E4%B8%96)
- [II დალაი ლამა](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90)
- [제2대 달라이 라마](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C2%EB%8C%80_%EB%8B%AC%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4_%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88)
- [Gendun Gyatso](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendun_Gyatso)
- [Гендун Ѓацо](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%83%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%BE)
- [രണ്ടാം ദലായ് ലാമ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dalajlama_II)
- [Gendun Gyatso](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendun_Gyatso)
- [غيندون غياتسو](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88)

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