# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhang-yudrakpa-tsondru-drakpa
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:45:01.937Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhang-yudrakpa-tsondru-drakpa"
name: "Zhang Yudrakpa Tsondru Drakpa"
slug: "zhang-yudrakpa-tsondru-drakpa"
description: "Zhang Yudrakpa Tsöndru Drakpa (1122–93) (zhang g.yu brag pa brtson 'gru brags pa), also known as Gungtang Lama Zhang (gung-thang bla-ma zhang) and often simply as Lama Zhang, was the founder of the Tshalpa Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a prominent religious figure, and his extensive involvement in the political and military conflicts of Tibet was controversial at the time. Lama Zhang played a key role in the medieval Buddhist revival in Central Tibet, also called the “Tibetan renaissance”."
tagline: "Founder of the Tshalpa Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zhang_Yudrakpa_Tsondru_Drakpa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1123"
deathDate: "1193"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.8063
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9D%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8-'%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "ঝাং-গ্যু-ব্রাগ-পা-ব্র্ত্সোন-'গ্রুস-গ্রাগ্স-পা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lama_Shang"
    title: "Lama Shang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yudrakpa_Ts%C3%B6ndru_Drakpa"
    title: "Zhang Yudrakpa Tsöndru Drakpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yudrakpa_Ts%C3%B6ndru_Drakpa"
    title: "Zhang Yudrakpa Tsöndru Drakpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%C2%B7%E5%B0%8A%E7%8F%A0%E6%89%8E%E5%B7%B4"
    title: "向·尊珠扎巴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1296955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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