LAMAS

Meaning of LAMAS in English

Function: biographical name

Carlos Saavedra ― see Carlos SAAVEDRA LAMAS

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

LAMAS — County: Norfolk Post Code: NR10
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LAMAS — biographical name Carlos Saavedra
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAMAS — /lah"mahs/ , n. Carlos Saavedra /kahrdd"laws sah'ah ve"drddah/ . See Saavedra Lamas, Carlos .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMAS — Carlos Saavedra — see Carlos saavedra lamas
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAMAS — Ламы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LAMAS — Лама
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SAAVEDRA LAMAS — /sah'ah ve"dhrddah lah"mahs/ Carlos /kahrdd"laws/ , 1878?-1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel peace prize 1936.
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SAAVEDRA LAMAS, CARLOS — born Nov. 1, 1878, Buenos Aires, Arg. died May 5, 1959, Buenos Aires Argentine jurist who in 1936 was awarded …
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MAHAKALA — This is the wrathful form of Avalokiteshvara , the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He protects from dangers and bad influences that …
Buddhism English Glossary
LAMA* — In Vajrayana , the term for teacher or guru. He is usually the head of a monastery or perhaps several …
Buddhism English Glossary
SPICE — lamas
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LAMASERY — noun (plural -series) Etymology: French lamaserie, irregular from lama + -erie -ery Date: 1849 a monastery of lamas
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POTALA PALACE — Religious and administrative complex, near Lhasa , Tibet, China. It covers 5 sq mi (13 sq km) atop a hill …
Английский словарь Британика
PHAG-MO-GRU FAMILY — Tibetan family that in the 14th century liberated Tibet from Mongol control. At that time Tibet was governed by lamas …
Английский словарь Британика
LAMA — In Tibetan Buddhism , a spiritual leader. Some lamas are considered to be reincarnations of their predecessors; others have won …
Английский словарь Британика
CREMATION — Disposing of a corpse by burning. In the ancient world cremation took place on an open pyre. It was practiced …
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ALTAN — or Anda died 1583, Mongolia Mongol khan who terrorized China in the 16th century. He established a Chinese-style government in …
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TASHI LAMA — ˈtäshē- noun or te·shu lama ˈtā(ˌ)shü- Usage: usually capitalized T&L Etymology: tashi, teshu from Tashi (Lunpo), Teshu (Lunpo), monastery in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAMASERY — ˈläməˌserē, ˈlȧm- noun ( -es ) Etymology: French lamaserie, from lama + -serie (from Persian sarāī palace, large house) — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DALAI LAMA — ˈdäˌlīˈlämə, ˈdaˌ-, ˈdȧˌ-, -ˈlȧmə also -(ˌ)lāˈl- or -(ˌ)lēˈl- or -_lə̇ˈl-; dəˈlīˈl- noun ( plural dalai lamas ) Usage: usually capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOGODO LAMA — bəˈgō(ˌ)dō- noun ( plural bogodo lamas ) Usage: usually capitalized B&L Etymology: Tibetan : teshu lama
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAMASERY — (n.) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
LAMASERY — ( n. ) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIBETAN TERRIER — one of a breed of medium-sized dogs having a long, fine coat, in solid white, cream, gray, black, or parti-colored, …
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THANG-KA — also spelled Tanka (Tibetan: something rolled up), Tibetan religious painting or drawing on woven material, usually cotton; it has a …
Britannica English vocabulary
LAMA — Tibetan bla-ma (superior one) in Tibetan Buddhism, a spiritual leader. Originally used to translate guru (Sanskrit: venerable one) and thus …
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GSUNG-'BUM — (Tibetan: collected works), the collected writings of each of several great Tibetan and Mongolian lamas. These series of works represent …
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TIBETAN BUDDHISM — also called (incorrectly) Lamaism, distinctive form of Buddhism that evolved from the 7th century AD in Tibet. It is based …
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PANCHEN LAMA — any of the line of reincarnated lamas in Tibet, each of whom heads the influential Tashilhunpo Monastery (near Zhikatse) and …
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DALAI LAMA — Dalai Lama. head of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa (Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists and, until 1959, both spiritual and temporal …
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BHUTAN, FLAG OF — diagonally divided (yellow-orange over orange-red) national flag featuring a white dragon in its centre. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to …
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LAMA — n. In Tibetan Buddhism , a spiritual leader. Some lamas are considered to be reincarnations of their predecessors; others have …
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