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Karmapa
ཀརྨ་པ་ bo 噶玛巴 zh カルマパ ja
Head of the Karma Kagyu, a sect of Tibetan Buddhism
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Who held it, in order
A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.
- 8 holders
- 1 overlap
- 6 undated
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from 1204 CE Karma Pakshi Tibetan Buddhist religious figure (1204–1283) -
Overlap held at the same time as Karma Pakshi
1384 CE – 1415 CE Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama Karmapa Lama
No dates recorded 6
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Dates unrecorded Mikyo Dorje karmapas (1507-1554) -
Dates unrecorded Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama Third Karmapa, an important figure in the history of Tibetan Buddhism -
Dates unrecorded Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama Tibetan Lama -
Dates unrecorded Rolpe Dorje, 4th Karmapa Lama Fourth Gyalwa Karmapa -
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Dates unrecorded His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje Tibetan Lama -
Dates unrecorded Dudul Dorje, 13th Karmapa Lama Karmapas
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