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Dramatis Personae Dramatis Personae I HAVE generally included here only individuals who play an active role in the events (or in the recounting of the events) that follow. I have excluded individuals whose names appear merely in lists of names—for example, all the members of the founding cohort of a particular monastic institution. Ani Tarchin Kama's daughter, one of the founding nuns of Devuche nunnery Chak Pon Dudjom Dorje leader of first group ofSherpas to move to Solu Chopal of Gole (see Gembu Tsepal) Dawa Tenzing youngest son of Sangye, former Tashilhunpo monk; assisted in the founding of Chiwong monastery Donka Ringmo ancestor of one of the original Sherpa clans Dorje Zangbu founder of Gompa Zhung, rival of Lama Gombu (see also Ngagchang Dorje Zangpo) Gaga Mangden younger brother of the Kusho Tulku, assisted in the found- ing of Chiwong monastery Gelungma Palma female monastic, heroine of the charter myth for the ob- servance ofNyungne Gembu Tsepal head tax collector (gembu) of Solu-Khumbu, sponsor of Tengboche monastery Guru Rinpoche (Skt., Padma Sambhava) founder of Buddhism in Tibet in the eighth century Karma senior sponsor of Tengboche monastery Karma Chotar married lama and tax collector, father of monastery founders Karma and Sangye Kemba Dorje youngest brother ofRalwa Dorje and Lama Sangwa Dorje; founder ofRimijung temple Kusang youngest sponsor of Tengboche monastery, son-in-law of senior sponsor Karma xx Dramatis Personae Kusho Dongumba a lama of the Sakya region of Tibet who authorized the founding of Khumjung temple Kusho Mangden (see Gaga Mangden) Kusho Tulku son of the last married head lama of Thami temple, reincar- nation of the Chalsa lama of Solu, first head lama of Chiwong monastery Lama Budi Tsenjen father of Lama Sangwa Dorje, reincarnated in Lama Gulu Lama Gombu the pembu (tax collector, "big man") of the Zhung area in the early eighteenth century, rival of Dorje Zangbu Lama Gulu first head lama of Tengboche monastery Lama Pakdze Solu lama, father of Dorje Zangbu Lama Rena Lingba (Ratna gling-pa) one of the ancestral Sherpa lamas, teacher of Lama Sangwa Dorje Lama Sangwa Dorje founder of the first Sherpa temple, at Pangboche Lama Tenzing the head lama of Kyerok gompa Lama Tundup married head lama of Thami temple, 1923—58 Ngagchang Dorje Zangpo ordained name of Dorje Zangbu Ngawang Norbu Sangbu religious name of Lama Gulu Ngawang Samden (a) one of the senior monks of Thami monastery, regent during the current head lama's childhood and permanent assistant to the head lama Ngawang Samden (b) one of the leaders of the founding cohort of De- vuche nuns Ngawang Tenzing Norbu Sangbu religious name of the Zatul Rinpoche Phule an affine of Karma, one of the sponsors of Devuche nunnery and of the rebuilding of Tengboche after the earthquake of 1933 Ralwa Dorje (a) member of the Lama clan, leader of a move from Solu to Deorali Bhandar between 1725 and 1J50 Ralwa Dorje (b) younger brother of Lama Sangwa Dorje, legendary founder of Thami temple Sangye sponsor of Chiwong monastery, younger brother of Karma Sangye Tenzing head lama of Sehlo monastery, author of a history of Sherpa religion Dramatis Personae xxi Sehlo lama (see Sangye Tenzing) Sherap Tsepal (see Gembu Tsepal) Tengboche Reincarnate Lama the reincarnation of Lama Gulu, current head of Tengboche monastery Thami Rinpoche (Thami reincarnate lama) current head lama of Thami monastery, reincarnation of Lama Tundup Tushi Rinpoche reincarnation of the Zatul Rinpoche's teacher in a former existence, leader of the Rumbu monks who went into exile from the Chinese and settled in Solu-Khumbu Zamte Lama (a) figure in the Lama Sangwa Dorje cycle of tales, killed by Zongnamba; his followers in turn killed Zongnamba Zamte Lama (b) son of a tax collector, first fully ordained monk ofSherpa birth to be active in Solu-Khumbu, founder ofNauje temple ca. 1905 Zatul Rinpoche (Ngawang Tenzing Norbu Sangbu) founder of Rumbu monastery, instigator of the founding of Tengboche, reincarnation of Lama Sangwa Dorje Zongnamba legendary pembu and political rival of Lama Sangwa Dorje .
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