Gendün
# Gendün

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.

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
