Bhrikuti
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Bhrikuti Devi (), known to the Tibetans as ', Bhelsa Tritsun ("Besa" Nepal ) or simply ' (), was a Nepali princess from the Licchavi dynasty, and the first queen of King Songtsen Gampo, King of Tibet from 622. Bhrikuti was seen as an incarnation of Green Tara, credited for bringing Buddhism to Tibet, together with the Jowo Mikyo Dorje statue for which the Jokhang in Lhasa was built. thumb|220px|Jowo (statue)|Jowo Mikyo Dorje moved to the Ramoche Temple
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Bhrikuti Devi
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- Tsenmo
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- Bhrikuti Devi.jpg
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- Bhrikuti Devi
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- Queen consort of Tibet
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- 622 – 649along with consorts Wencheng, Rithigman, Shyalmotsun, Pogong Mangsa Tricham
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- Tenure
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- 7th century
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- Nepal
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- 7th century
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- Tibet
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- Songtsen Gampo
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Bhrikuti Devi (), known to the Tibetans as ', Bhelsa Tritsun ("Besa" Nepal ) or simply ' (), was a Nepali princess from the Licchavi dynasty, and the first queen of King Songtsen Gampo, King of Tibet from 622. Bhrikuti was seen as an incarnation of Green Tara, credited for bringing Buddhism to Tibet, together with the Jowo Mikyo Dorje statue for which the Jokhang in Lhasa was built. thumb|220px|Jowo (statue)|Jowo Mikyo Dorje moved to the Ramoche Temple
==Life== Even though the historicity of Bhrikuti Devi is not certain, and no reference to her has been found among the documents discovered at Dunhuang, "there are increasing indications supporting this hypothesis." There were certainly very close relationships between Tibet and Nepal at this period and, "Such a mythological interpretation discredits in no way the historical likelihood of such a marriage...."
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