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Incarnations:
1st Sangye Nyenpa, Tashi Paljor (1445/1457-1510/1525 [BDRC P1012]).
2nd Sangye Nyenpa, Lhungtog Rabten
3rd Sangye Nyenpa, Geleg Nyingpo
4th Sangye Nyenpa, Geleg Gyatso (founded Benchen Monastery)
5th Sangye Nyenpa, Deleg Nyingpo
6th Sangye Nyenpa, Drupgyü Tendar
7th Sangye Nyenpa, Sherab Nyingpo
8th Sangye Nyenpa, Tendzin Drubchog or Tashi Drubchog
9th Sangye Nyenpa, Karma Shedrub Tenpé Nyima (1897-1962)

The First incarnation in the line of the Sangye Nyenpa (biography) was Tashi Peljor (སངས་རྒྱས་མཉན་པ ༠༡ བཀྲ་ཤིས་དཔལ་འབྱོར། 1457-1519) with very confused dates for both birth and death. He was famous as a teacher of the 8th Gyalwa Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje (1507-1554 [47 yrs]) .

Jeff Watt 3-2023