page_title: Pabonka Hermitage
section_title: Jasa Potrang
hierarchical_section_title: Pabonka Hermitage / Monastic structure / Jasa Potrang
caption_attribution_description: English: Pabonka Hermitage, Tibet
context_page_description: Pabonka Hermitage, also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol in Tibet.
  Founded by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century, it is currently the largest and most important of the Sera hermitages and is the starting point for the “Sixth-Month Fourth-Day” of the Sera Mountain Circumambulation Circuit pilgrimage.
context_section_description: Located near 108 chortens (stupas), which are a prominent feature of the monastery, is the ochre yellow brick building of Jasa Potrang, which is dedicated to Songtsen Gampo's wife, Princess Wencheng. On the upper floor of the building is a chapel with a small statue of her on the right and a depiction of Tibetan philologist Thonmi Sambhota who is believed to have invented the Tibetan alphabet at the hermitage, who is also recognised in the Valley of the Kings. Gampo's other wife, Bhrikuti, is called "honored". On the ground floor are the five manifestations of Tsongkhapa, and various Buddha statues with medical themes.
caption: The Jasa Potrang (right) dedicated to Princess Wencheng
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