panchen lama

1. 1.

   the lama next in rank to the Dalai Lama

   Broaderlama

Questions about panchen lama

What does panchen lama mean?

panchen lama means "the lama next in rank to the Dalai Lama".

Is panchen lama a common word?

panchen lama is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.