# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deshin-shekpa-5th-karmapa-lama
# Generated: 2026-08-16T01:40:33.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deshin-shekpa-5th-karmapa-lama"
name: "Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama"
slug: "deshin-shekpa-5th-karmapa-lama"
description: "The 5th Karmapa, Deshin Shekpa (1384–1415),, was the 5th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu, a subschool of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. Deshin Shekpa was born in Nyang Dam in the south of Tibet. According to the lineage, he said after being born: \"I am the Karmapa. Om mani padme hum shri.\" Deshin Shekpa was then taken to Tsawa Phu who recognized him as the reincarnation of the 4th Karmapa."
tagline: "Karmapa Lama"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karmapa5.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1384-07-14"
deathDate: "1415-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           9.608172
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "第五世噶瑪巴·德新謝巴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дешин Шегпа"
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    title: "ཀརྨ་པ་དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%C5%BEin_%C5%A0egpa"
    title: "Dežin Šegpa"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshin_Shegpa"
    title: "Deshin Shegpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Karmapa%2C_Deshin_Shekpa"
    title: "5th Karmapa, Deshin Shekpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Deshin Shekpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshin_Shekpa"
    title: "Deshin Shekpa"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshin_Shegpa"
    title: "Deshin Shegpa"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshin_Shekpa%2C_5%C2%BA_Karmapa_Lama"
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    title: "Дешин Шекпа"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump