líng
tóng

technical
name

Meaning of 灵童

灵童 means reincarnated child recognized as the successor of a deceased Tibetan Buddhist lama; tulku. Pronounced líng tóng.

  • reincarnated child recognized as the successor of a deceased Tibetan Buddhist lama; tulku

Definitions & Examples

Jīng
guò
liè
de
zōng
jiào
shì
 
bèi
zhèng
shì
rèn
dìng
wéi
shàng
shì
huó
de
líng
tóng
 

After a series of complex religious rituals, he was officially recognized as the reincarnated child of the previous lama.

Xún
zhǎo
líng
tóng
de
guò
chéng
tōng
cháng
yào
shù
nián
shí
jiān
 

The process of searching for a reincarnated child usually takes several years.

lái
ma
bān
chán
é
ěr
dōu
shì
tōng
guò
líng
tóng
zhuǎn
shì
zhì
chǎn
shēng
de
 

Both the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama are identified through the tulku reincarnation system.

Measure Words

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Primary
/ míng