Panchen Lama Definition
pänchən lämə
noun
Tibetan Buddhism's second highest lama, below the Dalai Lama.
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Other Word Forms of Panchen Lama
Noun
Singular:
Panchen Lama
Plural:
panchen-lamasOrigin of Panchen Lama
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Tibetan paṇchen bla-ma paṇchen great scholar (Sanskrit paṇḍitaḥ scholar pundit) (Tibetan chen-po great) Tibetan bla-ma monk lama
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Tibetan པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ (Pan-chen Bla-ma). From Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar") + Tibetan ཆེན་པོ (chenpo, “big") + Tibetan བླ་མ (bla-ma)
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