Situ Panchen

Situ Chokyi Penchen Chungne ( Tib: si tu chos kyi paN chen ' byung gnas; * 1700, † 1774) was the 8th Tai Situpa of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Chokyi Chungne was a student of the 12th Karmapa Dorje Changchub. He was a grammarian and author, important master of the " Karma Gadri " - style ( Tib: karma sgar bris ) of Tibetan thangka painting, and is considered the founder of the monastery Palpung Chökhor Ling are particularly well known for his extensive work Grammar of the Tibetan language and his work on the Derge edition of Kangyur ( Tib: sde dge bka '' gyur ).