tulku
See also: tülkü
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་སྐུ (sprul sku, “tulku”).
Noun
tulku (plural tulkus)
- In Tibetan Buddhism, a high-ranking lama who can choose the manner of his or her rebirth.
- 2009 April 25, Edward Wong, “Senior Tibetan Cleric Faces Prison in China”, in New York Times[1]:
- The abbot is considered a tulku by Tibetans and called a living Buddha in Chinese — an especially revered figure who is believed to be the essence of a prominent religious leader.
Anagrams
Latvian
Noun
tulku m
- (deprecated template usage) accusative singular form of tulks
- (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular form of tulks
- (deprecated template usage) genitive plural form of tulks