Situ Panchen

Situ Panchen (1700–1774), whose formal name is the 8th Tai Situ Panchen Chögyi Jungnye, was the renown 8th Tai Situ Rinpoche. He was also an influential Tibetan painter, writer and medical innovator as well as a notable figure in the histories of Karma Kagyu and the Kingdom of Dêgê, where he served as senior court chaplain.