"tulku" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Tibetan སྤྲུལ་སྐུ (sprul sku, “tulku”)",
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་སྐུ (sprul sku, “tulku”).",
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          "ref": "2009 April 25, Edward Wong, “Senior Tibetan Cleric Faces Prison in China”, in New York Times",
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        "In Tibetan Buddhism, a high-ranking lama who can choose the manner of his or her rebirth."
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        [
          "lama",
          "lama"
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        [
          "rebirth",
          "rebirth"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hutukhtu"
        }
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          "sense": "type of Buddhist lama",
          "word": "祖古"
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          "roman": "huófó",
          "sense": "type of Buddhist lama",
          "word": "活佛"
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  "word": "tulku"
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      "sense": "type of Buddhist lama",
      "word": "祖古"
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