# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ngorchen-kunga-zangpo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:43:00.655Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ngorchen-kunga-zangpo"
name: "Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo"
slug: "ngorchen-kunga-zangpo"
description: "Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo was a prominent figure in Tibetan Buddhism, belonging to one of the three tantric branches of the Sakya school. In 1429, he founded the monastery Ngor Ewaṃ Choden, the most important site of esoteric Buddhism of the Sakya school in Tsang, the main monastery of the Ngor tradition. He is recognized as the first throne holder of Ngor Ewaṃ Choden. His collected works contain nearly two hundred titles."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ngorchen_Kunga_Zangpo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1382"
deathDate: "1456"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.4
  momentum:             21.47619047619047
  historical:           4.806228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "কুন-দ্গা'-ব্জাং-পো"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngorchen_K%C3%BCnga_Sangpo"
    title: "Ngorchen Künga Sangpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngorchen_Kunga_Zangpo"
    title: "Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngorchen_Kunga_Zangpo"
    title: "Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%84%E5%B0%94%E9%92%A6%C2%B7%E8%B4%A1%E5%99%B6%E6%A1%91%E6%B3%A2"
    title: "俄尔钦·贡噶桑波"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1984282"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump