Drakpa Gyaltsen
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for the 15th-century ruler, see Gongma Drakpa Gyaltsen
Gongma Drakpa Gyaltsen
Gongma Drakpa Gyaltsen was a King of Tibet who ruled in 1385–1432. He belonged to the Phagmodrupa dynasty, which was the leading regime in Tibet between 1354 and 1435...


Drakya Gyaltsen (or Jetsun Dakpa Gyeltsen) (1147–1216) was a Tibetan
Tibetan people
The Tibetan people are an ethnic group that is native to Tibet, which is mostly in the People's Republic of China. They number 5.4 million and are the 10th largest ethnic group in the country. Significant Tibetan minorities also live in India, Nepal, and Bhutan...

 spiritual leader and the third of the Five Venerable Supreme Sakya
Sakya
The Sakya school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug...

 Masters of Tibet
Tibet
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. He was also the guru of the famous Sakya Pandita.
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