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 is the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, a key figure of Tibetan Buddhism whose spiritual authority is second only to the Dalai Lama.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025
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
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
Tibet's exiled leader said Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was the reborn Panchen Lama, who died in January 1989, four months before the boy was born.
From Time Magazine Archive
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