Yerpa
Yerpa is a monastery and a number of ancient meditation caves that used to house about 300 monks, located a short drive to the east of Lhasa, Tibet.
- Buddhist temple
- …lies at an elevation of around 4,250 metres (13,930 feet)
- Description: monastery in Dromdoi, Dagzê District, Lhasa, Tibet, China
- Also known as“Brag Yer-pa”“Drak Yerpa”“Trayerpa”“Yerpa Monastery”“Zhayeba Si”“扎耶巴寺”
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Latitude
29.74578° or 29° 44′ 45″ north
Longitude
91.27844° or 91° 16′ 42″ east
Open location code
7MXHP7WH+89
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Yerpa” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “扎叶巴寺”
- Chinese: “扎葉巴寺”
- Czech: “Jerpa”
- Dutch: “Yerpa”
- French: “Yerpa”
- German: “Chagyêrba”
- German: “Drag Yerpa”
- German: “Drak Yerpa”
- German: “Yerpa-Kloster”
- German: “Yerpa”
- Hungarian: “Jerpa kolostor”
- Italian: “Brag Yer-pa”
- Italian: “Dagyeba”
- Italian: “Dayerpa”
- Italian: “Drak Yerpa”
- Italian: “Druk Yerpa”
- Italian: “Druk Ypa”
- Italian: “Trayerpa”
- Italian: “Yerpa”
- Russian: “Йерпа”
- Russian: “Чагъерба”
- Slovenian: “Jame Drak Jerpa”
- Tibetan: “གཡེར་པ་དགོན།”
- Tibetan: “བྲག་ཡེར་པ།”
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