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中文：第十三世達賴喇嘛所用的金印。公元1909年，十三世達賴喇嘛返回拉薩，西藏僧俗捐資鑄了這枚金印，獻給達賴喇嘛。
English: A gold seal presented by the Tibetan people to the 13th Dalai Lama in 1909.
Date 1909
date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Tibet Museum   wikidata:Q1139682
 
Tibet Museum
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creator QS:P170,Q1139682
Place of creation Lhasa
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中文：左右兩邊三行的銘文以八思巴蒙古文書寫。左邊其次是蘭札梵文。小字是有頭體藏文。跋熱·達瓦才仁將銘文漢譯為「聖地佛陀敕言之統轄一切、人神共敬三界怙主，遍知一切觀世音金剛持達賴喇嘛如意佛王之印」。朱瑞漢譯為「聖地佛教，三世間王存在於一切世間依怙神，充滿眾善，掌管所有佛教之主，遍知一切不變金剛持海喇嘛，被供為所有人神之頂的如意王之印」。中國社會科學院李有義譯《西藏政治史》漢譯為：「由佛喻示：嘉措喇嘛是地球上佛教的主持者」。
English: The engraving on this seal of 1909 is in three scripts: (a) the three columns on the left and on the right are in 'Phags-pa script which was devised in the 13th century by Phags-pa Lama for Qubilai Khan; (b) the next column on the left consists of the same inscription in Lantta, an ornate Indo-Aryan script used for decorative purposes; and (c) the lines of small characters are proper Tibetan script. Freely translated, the inscription says: "Seal of the King of the powerful wish-granting (jewel), who is worshipped by all the gods and men, the Ocean-Lama Vajradhara, the unchangeable all-knowing one who exercises power over all the victorious teaching (of the Buddha), who is the protector of all above earth and of all times, lord of the three worlds and the teachings of the Buddha (which came from) the Glorious Land (i.e. India)."
References Tibet, a Political History, p. i
An Important Gilt Iron Seal of the Dalai Lama citing Morning Glory Publishers, Precious Deposits, Historical Relics of Tibet, China, 2000, vol. 4, cat. no. 38, and Dieter Schuh, Grundlagen Tibetischer Siegelkunde, 1981, p. 9f.
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Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa  (–1989) wikidata:Q1037372
 
Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa
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Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa
Description diplomat and writer
Date of birth/death 11 January 1907 / 1908 Edit this at Wikidata 23 February 1989 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lhasa Corpus Christi
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creator QS:P170,Q1037372
Tibet, a Political History, p. i

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