Gyatso

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Gyatso (bo|t=རྒྱ་མཚོ་) is a Tibetan personal name meaning "ocean". It is also written "Rgya-mtsho" in Wylie transliteration, Gyaco in Tibetan Pinyin, Gyatsho in Tournadre Simplified Phonetic Transcription, and Gyatso in THDL Simplified Phonetic Transcription. Its pronunciation in the Lhasa dialect is [IPA|càtsʰo] or [IPA|càmtsʰo] . In accordance with the latter pronunciation, it can also be spelled "Gyamtso" in English.

Notable persons whose names include "Gyatso" include:
*Each Dalai Lama, other than the 1st, has had Gyatso as the second word of his personal name; for instance, the current Dalai Lama is named Tenzin Gyatso. See the list of Dalai Lamas;
*Chödrak Gyatso, the 7th Karmapa;
*Chögyam Trungpa ("Chögyam" is short for "Chögyi Gyamtso"), Buddhist teacher;
*Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT);
*Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso, a Karma Kagyu lama;
*Palden Gyatso, a monk who served thirty-three years as a political prisoner
*Thubten Gyatso, an Australian Gelug monk.

Fictional characters

* is a character in the American cartoon series "Avatar: The Last Airbender".

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