# tangtong gyalpo

> Thangtong Gyalpo, is also known as Chakzampa, the "Iron Bridge Maker", Tsöndrü Zangpo "Excellent Persistence", and the King of the Empty Plain. He was also known by a variation of this name, Madman of the Empty Valley. He was a great Buddhist adept, a Chöd master, yogi, physician, blacksmith, architect, and a pioneering civil engineer. He is considered a mind emanation of Padmasambhava and a reincarnation of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen. He founded the Iron Chain lineage of the Shangpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, and he recognized the first Samding Dorje Phagmo, Chökyi Drönma (1422-1455), the female incarnation lineage of Vajravārāhī.

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1361
- **Died:** 1485
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 9.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 22.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [汤东杰布](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%A4%E4%B8%9C%E6%9D%B0%E5%B8%83)
- [Тангтонг Гялпо](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%93%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%BE)
- [ཐང་སྟོང་རྒྱལ་པོ།](https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%90%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%9F%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%92%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D)
- [ཐང་སྟོང་རྒྱལ་པོ](https://dz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%90%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%9F%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%92%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%BC)
- [Thang Tong Gyalpo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thang_Tong_Gyalpo)
- [Thang Tong Gyalpo](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thang_Tong_Gyalpo)
- [Thangtong Gyalpo](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thangtong_Gyalpo)
- [Thangtong Gyalpo](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thangtong_Gyalpo)
- [Thangtong Gjalpo](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thangtong_Gjalpo)
- [Тангтонг Гьялпо](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%93%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%BE)
- [Тангтонг Г'ялпо](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%93'%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%BE)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2373168)

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