Five kingly treasure revealers

Five kingly treasure revealers (T. gter ston rgyal po lnga གཏེར་སྟོན་རྒྱལ་པོ་ལྔ་). Also known as the "Five Sovereign Terma Revealers", "Five Tertön Kings", etc. A group of five renowned "treasure revealers" (tertöns) within the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. They are all considered to be emanations of the Tibetan king Trisong Detsen.

1. Nyang Ral Nyima Özer (1124-1192)
2. Guru Chökyi Wangchuk (1212-1270), the speech incarnation of Trisong Detsen
3. Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405)
4. Pema Lingpa (1445/50-1521)
5. Pema Ösel Do-ngak Lingpa (Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo) (1820-1892)

Sometimes the list also includes the tertön Rigdzin Gödem (1337-1408).

Sources

• Five sovereign terma revealers, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. gter ston rgyal po lnga