OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 45992

Panchen Lama

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Panchen Lama
The second-highest-ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama.
Hastings sent two embassies to Tibet, those of George Bogle in 1774-5 and Samuel Turner in 1783. Both envoys went to the Panchen Lama’s residence near Shigatse (Jihkatse), but neit…
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