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Sangye Gyatso

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Birth Date 1653

Death Date 1705

Personal Name Saṅs-rgyas-rgya-mtsho

Alternate Names

  • Saṅs-rgyas-rgya-mtsho Sde-srid
  • Sangye Gyamtso

Desi Sangye Gyatso (1653–1705) was the fifth regent of the 5th Dalai Lama (1617–1682) who founded the School of Medicine and Astrology on Chags-po-ri Hill (or 'Iron Mountain') in 1694 and wrote the Blue Beryl (Blue Sapphire) treatise.