Rinchen

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. 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:

Buddhist leaders and teachers

Rinchen Chok of Ma (), 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 (–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

Rinchinbal Khan (1326–1332), tenth emperor of the Yuan dynasty

Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji (), prince of the Khalkha federation of Western Mongolia

Sengge Rinchen (1811–1865), Qing dynasty nobleman and general from Inner Mongolia

Other

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

See also

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

References

Tibetan names

Mongolian given names