Thonmi Sambhota
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Thönmi Sambhota ཐོན་མི་སམ་བྷོ་ཊ། | |
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| Born | 619 CE Tu, Yorwo, Tibet |
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| Religion | Buddhism |
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Thonmi Sambhota (Thönmi Sambhoṭa, (Tib. ཐོན་མི་སམ་བྷོ་ཊ།, Wylie thon mi sam+b+ho Ta; c.619-7th C.) is a figure credited by Tibetan traditions with creating the first Tibetan script, based on the Gupta alphabet, after being sent by king Songsten Gampo to study in India. He is also credited with serving the king as his minister and escorting two princesses from Nepal and China into Tibet to become Songtsen Gampo's queens. The authenticity of this legend has been questioned.