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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It then approved a different Panchen Lama, who Tibetans outside China do not recognise.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
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
As a mark of the party's rule over Tibetan Buddhism, Wang presented the Panchen Lama with a commemorative plaque at the ceremony.
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2021
Although officially atheist, China selected Gyaltsen Norbu as the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995 in a drive to win the hearts and minds of Tibetans.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2016
First employed by the Chinese as a puppet against his traditional rival, the Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama is now a prisoner in Suthilinga palace in Lhasa, suspected of organizing the underground.
From Time Magazine Archive
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