The Licchavi Princess Bhrikuti Devi, known to Tibetans as Bal-mo-bza’ Khri-btsun, Bhelsa Tritsun (‘Nepali consort’)[1][2] or, simply, Khri bTsun (“Royal Lady”), is traditionally considered to have been the first wife of the earliest emperor of Tibet, Songtsän Gampo (605? – 650 CE), and an incarnation of Tara.[3] She was also known as “Besa”,[4] and was...
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