Lamaism
noun
the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
Lamaist
-
a word derived from
Lamaism.
Example Sentences
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Wada, who captured a Lamaist temple on the Outer Mongolian border.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Lhasa, a dirty, disagreeable town which was once the "Forbidden City" to foreigners, a fourth of the male population belong to the Lamaist priesthood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now Tanchu will live in a gold-domed penthouse atop the Potala, his massive fortress-palace at Lhasa, spend the next 13 years under the lama regency learning about his previous incarnations and the intricate Lamaist ritual.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was not the practice for a king to take on his predecessor's chaplain and the latter could not, like a Lamaist or Catholic ecclesiastic, claim any permanent supernatural powers.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
In the higher ranks of the Lamaist pantheon all the figures seem to be imported, but some indigenous godlings have retained a place in the lower classes.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
