Da·lai La·ma (dä l lä m )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. [Tibetan : Mongolian dalai, ocean + Tibetan bla-ma, monk (so called because he is known as the ocean of compassion); see lama.] |
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]
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| Noun | 1. |  Dalai Lama - chief lama and once ruler of Tibet lama - a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism |
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