Gendün
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Gendün (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན) is a Tibetan personal name meaning "sangha". It is also written Dge-'dun in Wylie transliteration, Gêdün in Tibetan Pinyin, Gendün in the THDL Simplified Phonetic Transcription, Gendun, Gedun, or Gedhun.
Notable persons whose names include "Gendün" include:
- Gendun Drub, the 1st Dalai Lama;
- Gendun Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama;
- Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama according to Tibetan exile groups;
- Gendun Choephel, a monk, scholar, and political prisoner;
- Gendun Rinpoche, a notable Karma Kagyu lama.
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