Naza Drakpukpa Sonam Pel (na bza' brag phug pa bsod nams dpal) was a student of Zhangton Konchok Pel (zhang ston dkon mchog dpal, 1250-1317), from whom he received the Lamdre teachings. He passed the Lamdre lineage on to Lama Pelden Tsultrim (bla ma dpal ldan tshul khrims, 1333-1399), a teacher of Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (ngor chen kun dga' bzang po, 1382-1456).
Drakpukpa also studied with the Sakya lamas Zhang Gandenpa Kunga Sonam (zhang dga' ldan pa kun dga' bsod nams, d.u.) and Sempa Chenpo Zhonnu Grubpa (sems dpa' chen po gzhon nu grub pa, d.u.)
Among his disciples were prominent Sakya lamas such as Lama Dampa Sonam Gyeltsen (bla ma dam pa bsod nams rgyal mtshan, 1312-1375) and Sakya Dakchen Jamyang Donyo Gyeltsen (sa skya bdag chen 'jam dbyangs don yod rgyal mtshan, 1310-1344).
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Damarupa
Damarupa and Avadhutipa, two Indian Siddhas. On the left is the siddha Damarupa holding upraised in his right hand a damaru drum and a skullcup in the left. On the viewer's right is Avadhutipa holding a skullcup to the heart with the left hand and pointing downwards with the right hand.
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen
A Sakya lineage painting.
དཔྱད་གཞིའི་ཡིག་ཆ་ཁག།
A biography of Drakpukpa by Pelden Lodro (dpal ldan blo gros) is listed in the second volume of Elena De Rossi Filibeck's catalog of Tucci's Tibetan text collection in the Library of IsAO, Rome (p. 334, no. 670.4). See De Rossi Filibeck, Elena. 2003. Catalogue of the Tucci Tibetan Fund in the Library of IsAO, v. 2. Rome: Isiao Ist. Italiano Per L'Africa E L'Oriente. Sonam Dondrub (bsod nams don grub) lists a second biography, by Lodro Tenpa (blo gros brtan pa) in his catalog of Tibetan Histories (no. 0561). See Bsod nams don grub, Bod kyi lo rgyus dpe tho. 2000. Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.