sil ma bzhi bcu

སིལ་མ་བཞི་བཅུ
Forty Principalities. As a result of constant warfare between the Twelve Minor Kingdoms, power devolved into the hands of forty principalities sil ma bzhi bcu Apart from 'brog mo rnam gsum ruled by the lord rgyal po se mi ra khrid, gye mo yul drug ruled by the lord gye rje mkhar ba, and se mo gru bzhi ruled by the lord gnyags gru 'brang, their names and localities are unknown at the present day. Refer to Dudjom Rinpoche, rgyal rabs p. 13-14. [GM] [RY]

40 principalities [As a result of constant warfare between the 12 minor kingdoms, power devolved into the hands of 40 principalities sil ma bzhi bcu Apart from 'brog mo rnam gsum ruled by the lord rgyal po se mi ra khrid, gye mo yul drug ruled by the lord gye rje mkhar ba, and se mo gru bzhi ruled by the lord gnyags gru 'brang, their names and localities are unknown at the present day Refer to dudjom rinpoche, rgyal rabs p 13-14 [gd] [IW]

40 principalities [IW]