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Panchen Lamas

Panchen Lamas is the plural of Panchen Lama.

Meaning of Panchen Lama

Noun

Panchen Lama (plural Panchen Lamas)

  1. (Tibetan) 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

Questions about Panchen Lamas

What is Panchen Lamas the plural of?
Panchen Lamas is the plural of Panchen Lama.

Words near Panchen Lamas in the dictionary

  1. panchayat towns
  2. panchayath
  3. panchayaths
  4. panchayats
  5. Panchen Lama
  6. Panchen Lamas
  7. pancheon
  8. pancheons
  9. panches
  10. Panchiao
  11. Panchihhua

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