Note 9 — Chapter X · VISIT TO SAKYA AND RETURN TO INDIA.
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Abbreviation of Ponbo chenpo, or “great officer.” The Sakya monastery was founded in A.D. 1071, according to Csoma, op. cit., p. 197. Phagpa was a nephew of the famous Sakya Pandita, the author of many standard works of Tibetan literature. ↑