Dalai Lama

n. high priest of Tibet, spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism

In Tibetan Buddhism, the successive Dalai Lamas form a lineage of allegedly reborn (tulku) magistrates which traces back to 1391. They are of the Gelug sect of Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama to be one of innumerable incarnations of Avalokiteśvara ("Chenrezig" [spyan ras gzigs] in Tibetan), the bodhisattva of compassion. Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lama was the head of the Tibetan government, administering a large portion of the country from the capital Lhasa. He is often styled "His Holiness" (HH) before his title.
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Noun
1. chief lama and once ruler of Tibet
(synonym) Grand Lama
(hypernym) lama

n. Dalai Lama, high priest of Tibet

n. Dalaï-Lama, high priest of Tibet