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Chokyi Wangchug, 1212-1270, (chos kyi dbang phyug), popularly known as Guru Chowang (gu ru chos dbang), was born in Lhodrak (lho brag), the son of Pangton Trupai Nyingpo (spang ston grub pa'i snying po) and Karza Gonkyi (dkar gza' mgon skyid). His name, which means "lord of doctrine", is said to have been given to him because, when his mother went into labor, his father was in the midst of making a copy of the Manjuśrīnamasangiti, and at the moment of his birth his father had just written the phrase "lord of doctrine."