Rinchen, meaning "treasure", is a Tibetan name, used by speakers of various Tibetic languages. It is also used as a given name by Mongols, seen as early as the Yuan dynasty.[1] As a Mongolian name, it has various spellings such as Rinchin, Renchin, or Erinchin. People with Rinchen as one of their given names, or as a patronymic, include:
Gender | Unisex |
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Language(s) | Tibetan, Mongolian |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Tibetan |
Meaning | Treasure |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Rinchin, Renchin, Erinchin |
Tibetan name | |
Tibetan | རིན་ཆེན |
Wylie | rin chen |
Mongolian name | |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Ринчен |
Mongolian script | ᠷᠢᠨᠴᠢᠨ |
Buddhist leaders and teachers
edit- Rinchen Chok of Ma (fl. 8th century), one of the disciples of Padmasambhava
- Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055), translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan
- Yeshe Rinchen (1248–1294), Imperial Preceptor at the court of the Yuan dynasty
- Rinchen Gyaltsen (c. 1257–1305), ruler of the Sakya school
- Buton Rinchen Drub (1290–1364), eleventh abbot of Shalu Monastery
- Gendün Rinchen (1926–1997), 69th Je Khenpo of Bhutan
- Sonam Rinchen (1933–2013), teacher of Buddhist philosophy and practice in Dharamshala, India
Mongol nobility
edit- Rinchinbal Khan (1326–1332), tenth emperor of the Yuan dynasty
- Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji (fl. 1662–1682), prince of the Khalkha federation of Western Mongolia
- Sengge Rinchen (1811–1865), Qing dynasty nobleman and general from Inner Mongolia
Other
edit- Byambyn Rinchen (1905–1977), Mongolian scholar of linguistics and literature
- Chewang Rinchen (1931–1997), Indian army officer from Ladakh
- Rinchen Lhamo (1901–1929), writer from Kham who settled in the United Kingdom
- Rinchen Barsbold (born 1935), Mongolian paleontologist
- Ngawang Rinchen (born 1984), Chinese actor
- Pema Rinchen (born 1986), Bhutanese footballer
- Rinchen Maarkhane Moktan Tamang (born 2003), Indian MMA Fighter
See also
edit- Renchinlkhümbe, a sum (district) in Khövsgöl, northern Mongolia
- Rinchen Subtso, a lake in Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
- Rinchenia, a genus of Dinosauria named after Rinchen Barsbold