Panchen Lama
Panchen Lama noun: the second-highest-ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama.
Noun
Panchen Lama (plural Panchen Lamas)
- The second-highest-ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama.
- Hastings sent two embassies to Tibet, those of George Bogle in 1774-5 and Samuel Turner in 1783. Both envoys went to the Panchen Lama’s residence near Shigatse (Jihkatse), but neither visited the Dalai Lama at Lhasa.1985, Alastair Lamb, “Introduction”, in India and Tibet, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page v
- Synonyms:
- Tashi Lama
Panchen Lama meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Nepali and Tagalog
Panchen Lama in Hindi
- second-highest ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism
- पंचेन लामा pañcen lāmā
Panchen Lama in Urdu
- second-highest ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism
- پنچن لاما
Panchen Lama in Nepali
- second-highest ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism
- पञ्चेन लामा pañcen lāmā
Panchen Lama in Tagalog
- second-highest ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism
- Panchen Lama
More languagesFewer languages
- Panchen Lama in Indonesian
- Panchen Lama
- Panchen Lama in Vietnamese
- Ban-thiền Lạt-ma
Synonyms of Panchen Lama
Forms of Panchen Lama
| plural | Panchen Lamas |
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Origin of Panchen Lama
Tibetan པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ (pan chen bla ma). From Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar”) + Tibetan ཆེན་པོ (chen po, “big”) + Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).
Questions about Panchen Lama
- What does Panchen Lama mean?
- Panchen Lama means the second-highest-ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama.
- What is Panchen Lama in Hindi?
- Panchen Lama in Hindi is पंचेन लामा (pañcen lāmā). See Panchen Lama meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Panchen Lama?
- Panchen Lama is a noun.
- What is the plural of Panchen Lama?
- The plural of Panchen Lama is Panchen Lamas.
Words near Panchen Lama in the dictionary
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