English Explanatory Dictionary

Panchen Lama

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The second-highest-ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama.

Word forms

Panchen Lama Panchen Lamas

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

Tashi Lama
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