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Definition of Lamas

1. lama [n] - See also: lama

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamas

Literary usage of Lamas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"—lamas conceal their Religion. ... lamas in China encouraged^ and -why. — The red and yellow Hats. ..."

2. Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Sibree (1902)
"These lamas lead a thoroughly isolated life and have a feminine rather than ... The Grand lamas have under them inferior lamas as presidents of the great ..."

3. Travels in Siberia by S. S. Hill (1854)
"Reviviscence of the lamas. — Proper Creed of the Buddhist. ... Advantage to be taken of our Knowledge of the Occupations of the lamas. ..."

4. Narratives of the mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the journey of by George Bogle, Clements R. Markham, Thomas Manning (1876)
"The religion of the lamas is either derived from that of the Hindus, or improved by it. ... Before that country was invaded by the Mussulmans, the lamas had ..."

5. Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the by Evariste Régis Huc, Percy Sinnett (1852)
"Contemplative lamas.—Cowherd lamas.—The Book of the forty-two points of . ... The habitations of the lamas, at the foot of a high mountain, rising almost ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"At the head are two lamas of equal sanctity, who consecrate each other. ... Both lamas have many other titles, the chief of which are rin-po- ..."

7. Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China During the Years 1844-5-6 by Evariste Régis Huc (1900)
"... Lama of the Blue Town—Insurrection of the lamaseries—Negotiation between the Court of Peking and that of Lha-Ssa—Domestic lamas—Wandering lamas— lamas ..."

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