Panchen Lama

noun

Pan·​chen Lama ˈpän-chən- 

: the lama who is the chief spiritual adviser of the Dalai Lama

Examples of Panchen Lama in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The region is administered by Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism. —Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025

The identity of the Panchen Lama has been a subject of major political controversy between Chinese authorities and the Tibetan government in exile. —Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025

Shigatse is home to the vast, centuries-old Tashilhunpo Monastery, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most senior figures in Tibetan Buddhism. —Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025

In 1995, atheist China and the Dalai Lama separately identified two boys as the Panchen Lama, the second-most-important Tibetan Buddhist leader. —Fox News, 6 July 2024

There is already a dispute over who is the rightful Panchen Lama, the second-most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama and the officially atheist Chinese government identified two different people as reincarnations in 1995. —Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 19 June 2024

The Chinese government responded by appointing its own Panchen Lama, the son of a Chinese security officer. —Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023

The introduction in 1995 of rules about reincarnations was calculated to allow the government to intervene in the selection of the 11th Panchen Lama. —Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023

In 1995, China kidnapped a boy the Dalai Lama had named as the Panchen Lama, the second-most-recognizable figure in Tibetan Buddhism. —David Pierson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Panchen from Chinese (Beijing) bānchán

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Panchen Lama

• katayama
• melodrama
• pranayama
• psychodrama
• agama
• bahama
• pajama
• ulama
• brahma
• chama
• comma
• dama