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There are 12 total results for your 喇嘛 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

喇嘛

see styles
lǎ ma
    la3 ma5
la ma
 rama
    らま
lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) lama (tib: bla-ma)
Lama, the Lamaistic form of Buddhism found chiefly in Tibet, and Mongolia, and the smaller Himālayan States. In Tibet it is divided into two schools, the older one wearing red robes, the later, which was founded by Tson-kha-pa in the fifteenth century, wearing yellow; its chiefs are the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama, respectively.

喇嘛廟


喇嘛庙

see styles
lǎ ma miào
    la3 ma5 miao4
la ma miao
lamasery; temple of Tibetan Buddhism

喇嘛教

see styles
lǎ ma jiào
    la3 ma5 jiao4
la ma chiao
 rama kyō
    らまきょう
Lamaism; Tibetan Buddhism
Lamaism
Lamaism

大喇嘛

see styles
dà lǎ má
    da4 la3 ma2
ta la ma
 dairama
Dalai Lama

班禪喇嘛


班禅喇嘛

see styles
bān chán lǎ ma
    ban1 chan2 la3 ma5
pan ch`an la ma
    pan chan la ma
 Hanzen Rama
Panchen Lama
班禪頞爾德尼The Tibetan Panchen-lama.

達賴喇嘛


达赖喇嘛

see styles
dá lài lǎ ma
    da2 lai4 la3 ma5
ta lai la ma
 Darai Rama
Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama, the head of the Yellow-robe sect of Tibetan Buddhism, and chief of the nation.

達頼喇嘛

see styles
 darairama
    ダライラマ
    darai rama
    ダライ・ラマ
(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) Dalai Lama

Variations:
ラマ教
喇嘛教

see styles
 ramakyou(rama教); ramakyou(喇嘛教) / ramakyo(rama教); ramakyo(喇嘛教)
    ラマきょう(ラマ教); らまきょう(喇嘛教)
Lamaism

喇嘛(ateji)

see styles
 rama; rama
    らま; ラマ
(kana only) lama (tib: bla-ma)

達頼喇嘛(ateji)

see styles
 darairama(p); darai rama
    ダライラマ(P); ダライ・ラマ
(kana only) Dalai Lama

喇嘛(ateji)(rK)

see styles
 rama; rama
    らま; ラマ
(kana only) {Buddh} lama (honorific title) (tib: bla-ma)

達頼喇嘛(ateji)(rK)

see styles
 darairama(p); darai rama
    ダライラマ(P); ダライ・ラマ
(kana only) Dalai Lama

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 12 results for "喇嘛" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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