Potala Palace

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Named after Mount Potalaka, mythical dwelling-place of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.

Proper noun

Potala Palace

  1. A museum and former palace of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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