Panchen Lama
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Panchen Lama
1785–95; panchen < Chinese bānchán, transliteration of Sanskrit paṇḍita; see pundit
Example Sentences
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When the Panchen Lama, the second highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism, died in 1989, the Dalai Lama identified a successor to that post in Tibet.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
It then approved a different Panchen Lama, who Tibetans outside China do not recognise.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
The London-based group Free Tibet said the ritual would be the biggest religious platform Beijing has given its Panchen Lama to date.
From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2016
After the Dalai Lama fled, the 10th Panchen Lama stayed on and was initially seen as a collaborator.
From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2016
Each marker was inscribed with the name of a Tibetan boy identified, during a six-year search, as a possible incarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama, who died in 1989.
From Time Magazine Archive
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