Phugtal

Type of object

Votlinska gompa

Name

Phugtal

Other names

Area

Zangskar

Region

Južno od Paduma

First yogis who meditated there

Phagspa Sherab, Sherab Zangpo pa je konvertiral v gelugpo.

Important monks, nuns, yogis, yoginis, and other teachers who meditated there

School

Prevzela gelug

Surroundings

Votline, kjer naj bi meditiralo 16 arhatov, Padmasambhava in Marpa.

Interior

5 templjev, najstarejše poslikave so iz 2. pol. 15. st.

Date of creation/first use

1100

End date

1499

Role or primary purpose

Csoma tu pisal slovar. Tu je umrl Jangsem (Changsem) Sherab Zangpo, v chortenu naj bi bili njegovi ostanki.

Sources and literature

Snellgrove, David in Skorupski, Tadeusz. The cultural heritage of Ladakh. Vol. 2: Zangskar and the cave temples of Ladakh. Warminster: Aris & Phillips LTD, 1980, str. ix, 49, 53. Paldan, Thupstan. A Guide to the Buddhist Monasteries and Royal Castles of Ladakh. 2019, str. 47. Gibbons, Bob in Pritchard-Jones, Sian. Ladakh. Land of Magical Monasteries. Varanasi: Pilgrims Publishing, 2006, str. 199, 200. Rizvi, Janet. Ladakh. Crossroads of High Asia. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996, str. 60. Tsering Shakspo, Nawang. Historical Perspectives of Nubra in Ladakh, str. 101. Devers, Quentin. Historical Sites of Zanskar. New Delhi: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 2022, str 252. Deboos, Salome. Homeland or religion? Personal identity building in Zanskar, Indian Himalayas. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2023, str. 30.