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

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

If we examine the Pali Pitakas, including the heresies mentioned in the Kathâvatthu, we find that they contain the germs of many Mahayanist ideas.

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

But in spite of this impartiality, the cult practised at Tjandi Djago seems to have been not a mixture but Buddhism of a late Mahayanist type.

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

Thus there was once a Mahayanist faction in Ceylon, but it was recruited from abroad, intermittent in activity and was finally defeated, whereas the Hinayanist tradition was national and continuous.

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

But though my object here is to render intelligible the Mahayanist point of view including its objections to Hinayanism, I must defend the latter from the accusation of selfishness.

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