Grand Lama

The head of it was the prelate commonly known as the Grand Lama and resident at Lhasa.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

I used to call him the Grand Lama to Plantagenet when we were first married — before Planty was born.

Phineas Redux 2004

Plans of the "scattered and ill-regulated" city are now familiar, the Potala has been photographed, the Grand Lama has been drawn, and if, with the departure of Younghusband, the gates of Lhasa were once more closed, voices from beyond the snowy Himalayas must be heard again ere long.

A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

The Grand Lama, or Pope, is looked upon as an incarnation of

The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain

Surrounded by a "great wilderness of stony and inhospitable altitudes" lay the capital, Lhasa, the seat of the gods, the home of the Grand Lama, founded in 639 A.D., mysterious, secluded, sacred.

A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

Ushered into the presence of the Grand Lama, a child of seven, he touched his head three times on the floor, after the custom of the country, and, taking off his hat, knelt to be blessed by the little monarch. '

A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

In Thibet, the Grand Lama and various national idols hold divided empire with the Prophet; and in the inhospitable regions of Siberia, the churches of Greece and Russia have successfully promulgated the Christian doctrines; while the

History of the Moors of Spain M. Florian

Grand Lama was an odd name, but it became the sweetest of sounds to Despard since it was uttered by her lips -- the sweetest, the most musical, and the tenderest.

Cord and Creese James De Mille

In Thibet he is supposed to be incarnate in the Grand Lama.

Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood

Bogle would have proceeded to Lhasa, the home of the Grand Lama, but this permission was refused, and he had to return to India with the information he had collected.

A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole