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Gendün (Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན) is a Tibetan personal name meaning "sangha". Gendün is its spelling in the Tournadre and THDL Simplified transcription systems; it is also written Dge-'dun in Wylie transliteration, Gêdün in Tibetan Pinyin, Gendun, Gedun, or Gedhun. Its pronunciation in the Lhasa dialect is [kẽ̀tyn].

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 Chöphel, a monk, scholar, and political prisoner
  • Gendun Rinpoche, a notable Karma Kagyu lama

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