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Definition of Dalai lama

1. Noun. Chief lama and once ruler of Tibet.

Definition of Dalai lama

1. Noun. (''Tibetan Buddhism'') The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Dalai lama

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. China: State Control of Religion by Mickey Spiegel, Human Rights Watch/Asia (1997)
"Because monasteries and nunneries are so frequently centers of support for the dalai lama, Chinese authorities see the control of religious institutions ..."

2. Cutting Off the Serpent's Head: Tightening Control in Tibet, 1994-1995 by Tibet Information Network, Robert Barnett, Human Rights Watch/Asia, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"Anti-dalai lama Campaign A further indication of the character of the new religious policy established by the Third Forum was the announcement of a campaign ..."

3. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"Topics include relations between Tibetans and Han Chinese, Tibet's historical status as a part of China, and the role of the dalai lama in attempting to ..."

4. India and Tibet: A History of the Relations which Have Subsisted Between the by Francis Edward Younghusband (1910)
"Copies of the correspondence that had passed between the dalai lama and the ... Lama Buddhists and Tibetans would not recognize that the dalai lama had been ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"After a short rest, the dalai lama was carried down in the large gilded palanquin over which waved an umbrella of peacock's feathers and one of yellow silk, ..."

6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Such a system tended to make the King a helpless dalai lama,* and this tendency was further increased by the superstitious awe with which the monarch of ..."

7. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"It should be explained that the soul of the dalai lama never really dies ... I could not make out by what particular signs the new dalai lama is identified, ..."

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