His Tibetan name Pha dam pa Sangs rgyas, translates into Sanskrit as Buddha Paramapitri, literally "Buddha Excellent Father". He often was identified by the descriptive name Nagpopa, meaning "Black One" . According to a prediction of Padmasambhava he himself would be reborn in the life of Machig Lapdron as Phadampa Sangye . His outer skincolour was black then. Drum khar Nagpopa: Khampa yogi who meditated in dark retreat for 18 years was -according to Keith Dowman- considered to have been the twelfth of Dudjom Rinpoches/Jiktrel Yeshe Dorje seventeen previous incarnations..