Tenzin

Tenzin
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Pronunciation	Tibetan pronunciation: [tÉ›n'zɪn]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Tibetan, Bhutanese
Origin
Meaning	"the holder of Buddha Dharma"

Tenzin is a Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན given name, meaning "the holder of Buddha Dharma".^[1][2] It may refer to any of the following people:

Biographical people

• Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye (1638–1696), fourth Druk Desi (secular ruler) of Bhutan
• Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen (1895–1977), leader of a non-sectarian movement within Buddhism
• Lobsang Tenzin (born 1939), Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile
• Lopön Tenzin Namdak, Tibetan religious leader
• Tenzin Choedrak (1922–2001), personal physician to the Dalai Lama
• Tenzin Delek Rinpoche (born 1950), Tibetan Buddhist leader accused of involvement in a bombing
• Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
• Tenzin Jigme (1948–1997), abbot of an important Tibetan Buddhist monastery
• Tenzin Palmo (born 1943), Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, and yogini
• Tenzin Priyadarshi, Buddhist chaplain at MIT
• Tenzin Tsundue, Tibetan poet and activist
• Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Tibetan lama
• Tenzin Zopa (born 1975), Buddhist monk and teacher

Fictional characters

• Tenzin (Uncharted), fictitious leader of a Tibetan village
• Tenzin (The Legend of Korra), a character in the animation series The Legend of Korra

See also

• Tenzing Norgay (1914–1986), Nepalese mountaineer

References

1. Tenzin: Meaning Of Name Tenzin, Nameberry, retrieved 4 March 2013
2. Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Tenzin, Behind the Name, retrieved 4 March 2013