Dalai Lama

Da·lai La·ma  (däl läm)

n.

The traditional governmental ruler and highest priest of the dominant sect of Buddhism in Tibet and Mongolia, understood by Tibetans to be the living incarnation of the bodhisattva of compassion.

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[Tibetan : Mongolian dalai, ocean + Tibetan bla-ma, monk (so called because he is known as the ocean of compassion); see lama.]

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Dalai Lama [ˈdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə]

n

1. (Non-Christian Religions / Buddhism) (until 1959) the chief lama and ruler of Tibet

2. (Biographies) (Biographies / Dalai Lama (1935 M, Tibetan, RELIGION: religious leader) born 1935, the 14th holder of this office (1940), who fled to India (1959): Nobel peace prize 1989

[from Mongolian dalai ocean; see lama]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Dalai Lama - chief lama and once ruler of Tibet   Grand Lama lama - a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism

Translations

Dalai Lama [ˈdælaɪˈlɑːmə] N → Dalai Lama m