RELIGIOUS FIGURE
Yeshe Tsogyal
757 - 817
Yeshe Tsogyal
Yeshe Tsogyal (c. 757 or 777 – 817 CE), also known as "Victorious Ocean of Knowledge", "Knowledge Lake Empress" (Wylie: ye shes mtsho rgyal, ཡེ་ཤེས་མཚོ་རྒྱལ), or by her Sanskrit name Jñānasāgarā "Knowledge Ocean", or by her clan name "Lady Kharchen", attained enlightenment in her lifetime and is considered the Mother of Tibetan Buddhism. Yeshe Tsogyal is the highest woman in the Nyingma Vajrayana lineage. Some sources say she, as Princess of Karchen, was either a wife or consort of Tri Songdetsen, emperor of Tibet, when she began studying Buddhism with Padmasambhava, who became her main karmamudrā consort. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yeshe Tsogyal is the 2,221st most popular religious figure (down from 2,004th in 2019). (down from 2,611th in 2019)
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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES
Among religious figures, Yeshe Tsogyal ranks 2,221 out of 3,187. Before her are Oswald Gracias, Bernard Panafieu, Anna Filosofova, Pavel Peter Gojdič, Toribio Ticona Porco, and Cheng Yen. After her are Adrian of Canterbury, Telesphore Toppo, Paul Augustin Mayer, Raphael Kalinowski, Witness Lee, and Jayavarman V.
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Oswald Gracias
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 2,215
Bernard Panafieu
1931 - 2017
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 2,216
Anna Filosofova
1837 - 1912
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 2,217
Pavel Peter Gojdič
1888 - 1960
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 2,218
Toribio Ticona Porco
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 2,219
Cheng Yen
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 2,220
Yeshe Tsogyal
757 - 817
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 2,221
Adrian of Canterbury
700 - 710
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 2,222
Telesphore Toppo
1939 - 2023
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 2,223
Paul Augustin Mayer
1911 - 2010
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 2,224
Raphael Kalinowski
1835 - 1907
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 2,225
Witness Lee
1905 - 1997
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 2,226
Jayavarman V
958 - 1001
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 2,227
Contemporaries
Among people born in 757, Yeshe Tsogyal ranks 3. Before her are Hisham I of Córdoba, and Gisela, Abbess of Chelles. Among people deceased in 817, Yeshe Tsogyal ranks 2. Before her is Pope Stephen IV.
Others Born in 757
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Hisham I of Córdoba
POLITICIAN
757 - 796
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 1
Gisela, Abbess of Chelles
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
757 - 810
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 2
Yeshe Tsogyal
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
757 - 817
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 3
Others Deceased in 817
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Pope Stephen IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
770 - 817
HPI: 76.36
Rank: 1
Yeshe Tsogyal
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
757 - 817
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 2
