Esztergom, (Gran), in Spain, the Archbishop of Toledo
(formerly); Patriarchs (of Constantinople, Venice, Lissabon);
Archimandrites (title given to some head-priests of the
Greek-Oriental Church), and Cardinals (the "hinges" on
which the Christian Church turns).
(2.) — Then there is a series of titles given in honorific
sense and -which mostly, though not exclusively, are used
in the names of one of the above-mentioned High Lamas,
as for instance Jina (rgyal-va=the victor) for the Dalai
Lama; titles suggesting teaching and similar spiritual
powers, with which the Pan-ch'an is credited to be
qualified in first degree as the Pan-ch'an Lamas were always
selected to act as the spiritual teachers of the new Reincarna-
tions of the Dalai Lamas. Moreover, their name's meaning
is "teacher," "pandita," "maliapandita" and I think
that from this point of view also my translation " mahavadi "
for "mk'asgrnb" in the title of the first Pan-ch'an
(even if he is ranged only among the " so-called " Pan-ch'an
Lamas) is justified, as this title is given only to great
scholars and religious teachers. " Ch'os-kyi rGyal-po"
"King of the Religion," " Dharma Rhaja " is also one of
these inasmuch as it is not considered to be the designation
of the Bhotan hierarch only. Here, an appropriate com-
parison may be that with the titles which are awarded to the
Popes: "Servus Servorum," "Vice-Regent of the Most
High" "Key of the whole Universe," " Successor of St.
Peter," etc. and also with the permanent attributes, adjoined
to the names of certain Sovereigns as the titles " Apostolic
Majesty " ( due to the Emperor of Austria as King of
Hungary) "Rex Fidelissimus " (due to the King of Portugal),
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