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.
Lamaistic
-
a word derived from
Lamaism.
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The name is borne by the palace of the Grand Lama at Lhassa and by another Lamaistic establishment at Jehol in north China.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
