Clans
རིགས།;Clans
Traditional classifications of clans in Tibet generally name four or six ancestral clans who are believed to descend from the progeny of the Bodhisattva monkey and demoness, the subjects of Tibet's origin myth. These lineages later split into numerous sub-clans that are often associated with specific geographical regions, and in some cases, monasteries.
On the Treasury we use "clan" broadly to cover a number of Tibetan terms that may individually mean something more specific, such as:
rig (rigs) for clan, race, family;
gyu (rgyud) for lineage, descent;
dungrab (gdung rabs) for descendants, lineage, generation;
dung (gdung) for progeny, descendants, lineage, descent line;
ru (rus) for bone, bloodline, lineage, family, clan;
khang (khang) for household and
tsang (tshang) for family and household.
Clans
Adro
Akyong
Apang
Arik
Azha
Ba
Ba (sba)
Ba Monastery
Ber
Bitsa
Bochung
Chakdu Nyarong
Chakgong
Chakhung
Che
Chim
Cho
Chungpa
Dak
Dawa
Den Atub Tsang Denma
Depa Tonpo
Dilgo
Dong
Doring
Dra
Dra
Drangti
Dre
Drenka
Dro
Dro
Dro
Dro ('bro)
Drokmi
Drom
Dru
Dzeng
Ga
Gar
Gar Ratsang
Gazi
Getse
Go ('gos)
Go (sgo)
Gung
Gurib
Gya
Gyakong Shedrubtsang
Gyamo
Gyangkhar
Gyer
Gyu
Ja
Jadra
Janak
Ju
Kharchen
Khon
Khyungpo
Kyasu
Kyi
Kyo
Kyuchok
Kyura
Lang
Lasum
Len
Lhalung
Lingmo
Lingtsang
Lomi
Ma
Mangge
Me
Meu
Mu
Mukpo
Naktso
Namseling
Nanam
Ngen
Ngenlam
Ngoje
Ngok
Ngulchu
Ngupa
Nub
Nyak
Nyakre
Nyakshul
Nyang
Nyo
Odren
Pugyel
Rakar Khyungpo
Rakarpo
Ram
Ranak
Rok
Se
Sha
Shar
Shar
Sharkhapa
Shingkhamga
Shupu
Sumpa
Tati Zhamar
Tong
Tonmi
Trokho Numai Pelshul
Trotsik
Tsedong
Tsongpon
Tukwan
Tum
Wangda
Welshul
Yi
Yu
Yudra
Yungok
Zamtsa Ngorang
Zeu
Zhak
Zhiwatsang
Zi
Zira
Zur
