Pancatattva
Or Panchatattva. Panca is a Sanskrit word which means five, and tattva is a Sanskrit word which means truth, suchness, true being. We understand that a tattva is a vibration of the Ether, which in its place is a transformation or vibration of Prana or Solar Light. So Pancatattva refers to five vibrations or five types of energy.
Panchen Lama
The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པཎ་ཆེན་བླ་མ།, Wylie: paN chen bla ma) is a tulku of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Panchen Lama is one of the most important figures in the Gelug tradition, with its spiritual authority second only to the Dalai Lama. Along with the council of high lamas, he is in charge of seeking out the next Dalai Lama. Panchen is a portmanteau of Pandita and Chenpo, meaning “great scholar”.
The successive Panchen Lamas form a tulku reincarnation lineage which are said to be the incarnations of Amitābha. The title, meaning “Great Scholar”, is a Tibetan contraction of the Sanskrit paṇḍita (scholar) and the Tibetan chenpo (great). The Panchen Lama traditionally lived in Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse. From the name of this monastery, the Europeans referred to the Panchen Lama as the Tashi-Lama.
Pandora
Πανδώρα, from πᾶν “all” and δῶρον “gift”, meaning “all-giving”, or “all-endowed”.
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