9th Dalai Lama

Lungtok Gyatso, shortened from Lobzang Tenpai Wangchuk Lungtok Gyatso (also spelled Lungtog Gyatso and Luntok Gyatso; 1 December 1805  6 March 1815), was the 9th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was the only Dalai Lama to die in childhood and was first of a string of four Dalai Lamas to die before reaching 22 years of age.

Lungtok
Title9th Dalai Lama
Personal
Born(1805-12-01)1 December 1805
Dan Chokhor, Kham, Tibet
Died6 March 1815(1815-03-06) (aged 9)
Ü-Tsang, Tibet
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
Parents
  • Tendzin Chokyong (father)
  • Dondrub Dolma (mother)
Senior posting
Period in office1810–1815
PredecessorJamphel Gyatso
SuccessorTsultrim Gyatso
Chinese name
Chinese隆朵嘉措
Tibetan name
Tibetanལུང་རྟོགས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
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