Mahayanist

American  

[mah-huh-yahn-ist] / ˌmɑ həˈjɑn ɪst /

adjective

1. relating or adhering to Mahayana, a major strand of Buddhism.

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noun

• Mahayanists
  plural

1. an adherent or follower of Mahayana, a major strand of Buddhism.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Mahayanism
  noun
• Mahayanistic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Mahayanists
  plural

Example Sentences

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Mahayanist Mahayanists

Huxley's utopia is the island of Pala, whose happy inhabitants of mixed Indian, European and native descent have evolved a new form of Mahayanist Buddhism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just as in the Advaita he who has the true knowledge sees that he himself and everything else is Brahman, so for the Mahayanist all things are seen to be Nirvana, to be the Dharma-kâya.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot

This original has not been identified with any work known to exist in India but might well be a Mahayanist catechism composed there about the eleventh century.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot

There were more than 100 monasteries with upwards of 5000 brethren who all followed the Sarvâstivâda and the "gradual teaching," which probably means the Hinayana as opposed to the sudden illumination caused by Mahayanist revelation.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot

Much Mahayanist literature is not religious at all but simply metaphysics treated in an authoritative and ecclesiastical manner.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot

But Sanskrit did not become a sacred language for the Mahayanists like Latin for Roman Catholics.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot

But the association of the Sarvâstivâdins with Mahayanists is clear from the council of Kanishka onwards.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot

The term 'Bodhisattva' was first applied to the Buddha before his Enlightenment, and afterwards was adopted by Mahayanists to mean the adherent of Mahayanism in contradistinction with the Cravaka or hearers of Hinayanism.

From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Kaiten Nukariya

The Mahayanists showed a tendency to replace it by legends and vague if noble aspirations.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot

It is clear that the name 'Hinayana' was coined by the Mahayanists, as there is no sutra which calls itself 'Hinayana.'

From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Kaiten Nukariya