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- LAMA
- ('superior person') originally a highly revered person or venerated monk; later became an honorific name for all senior Tibetan monks.
- LHASA
- capital of Tibet, settled and the center of culture since the 7th century; site of the Jokhang and the Potala.
- LAKSHANA
- mark, symbol or sign, especially the thirty-two that identify the historical Shakyamuni Buddha such as the urna and ushnisha.
- LAKSHMI
- the Hindu goddess of good fortune and wealth; the principal consort of Vishnu.
- LOKESHVARA
- a bodhisattva embodying compassion; also known as Avalokiteshvara.
- LITERATI PAINTING
- term applied to painting undertaken by scholar-officials as opposed to professional painters; the aims of such artists included the expression of ideas and feelings rather than the creation of exact depictions.
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