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‖ Rinpoche|ˈrɪnpɒtʃeɪ| Also Rimpoche, etc. [Tibetan, lit. ‘precious (jewel)’.] An honorific title given to a chief priest among Tibetan Buddhists. Cf. panchen.
1774G. Bogle Narr. Mission to Tibet (1876) iii. 26 A tower, about five or six stories high,..is appropriated to Lama-Rimboché. 1784S. Turner Let. 2 Mar. in Acct. of Embassy to Court of Teshoo Lama in Tibet (1800) iii. 364 The death of Gesub Rimbochay, offered a new prospect of opening..communication. 1800, etc. [see panchen.] 1863tr. E. Schlagintweit's Buddhism in Tibet xii. 153 The Panchen Rinpoche is considered to be an incarnation of Chenresi's celestial father, Amitābha. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 230/1 The Dalai Lāma..is actually called the Gyalpo Rinpotshe, ‘the glorious king’,—his companion being content with the title Pantshen Rinpotshe, ‘the glorious teacher’. 1889M. Monier-Williams Buddhism xi. 284 The other Grand Lāma who resides in the monastery of Tashi Lunpo..has the Tibetan title of Panchen Rinpoche (Pañ-ćen Rinpo-će), ‘the great Paṇḍit Jewel’. 1929D. Macdonald Land of Lama ii. 43 This cleric..was now allowed to assume the incarnation of Buddha Amitabha, with the title of Panchen Rimpoche or ‘Precious Gem of Learning’. 1980D. Hart-Davis Heights of Rimring xvi. 174 Access to the monastery could be gained only by means of a contraption which the rinpoches, the lamas, let down on a rope. |