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Dalai Lama

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual teacher
Intangible position Q37349
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Summary

Dalai Lama is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,273 views/month, #10 of 3,525).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Tibetan Buddhism[4], Gelug[5]
  • Instance of: tulku lineage[6]
  • Official residence: Dharamshala[7]
  • Subclass of: spiritual leader[8], head of government[9]
  • Commons category: Dalai Lamas[10]
  • Honorific prefix: His Holiness[11]
  • Inception: 1300[12]
  • Official website: https://www.dalailama.com[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dalai Lamas[14]
  • Position holder: Tenzin Gyatso[15]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopedic Lexicon[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Otto's encyclopedia[20]
  • Native label: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་[21]
  • Different from: Dalailama[22], Tenzin Gyatso[23]
  • Incarnation of: Avalokiteśvara[24]

Why It Matters

Dalai Lama has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

FAQs

What awards did Dalai Lama receive?

Honors received include Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal[3].

Related Entities

1st Dalai Lama Dalai Lama 09 Lungtok Gyatso Dalai Lama 10 Tsultrim Gyatso Dalai Lama 11 Khedrub Gyatso Dharamshala Gedun Gyatso Jamphel Gyatso Kelzang Gyatso Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso Sonam Gyatso Tenzin Gyatso Thubten Gyatso Trinle Gyatso Tsangyang Gyatso Yonten Gyatso

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX556253
    Award received → Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal
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  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q297025
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  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3JVkuY
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  4. 14w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 39071
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikisimpsons article id: 39071, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296182779|Dalai Lama (#296182779)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisimpsons]] #mi"
  5. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dalai-lama
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: dalai-lama, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289924318|dalai lama (#289924318)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  6. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0267085-dalajlamove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0267085-dalajlamove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  7. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Incarnation of → Avalokiteśvara
    Inception → +1300-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Position holder → Tenzin Gyatso
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007540970405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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