Five Great Tertöns

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Five Great Tertöns or Five King-Like Tertöns (gter ston rgyal po lnga). One list of the Five Tertön Kings contains Nyang Ral Nyima Özer (1124-1192), Guru Chökyi Wangchuk (1212-1270), Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405), Pema Lingpa (1445/50-1521), and Padma Ösel Do-ngak Lingpa alias Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892). Sometimes the list also includes the great tertön Rigdzin Gödem (1337-1408).