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

Chinese translations, supported by other evidence, indicate that the Mahayanist movement had begun about the time of our era.

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

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 Sir Charles Eliot

He cites about a hundred Mahayanist sutras, refers to the Vinaya and Divyâvadâna but not apparently to the Abhidharma.

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

There is no difficulty in accounting for the presence of such ideas: the only question is from what quarter this Mahayanist influence came.

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

In the earlier part of his life he wrote the Abhidharmakośa which is still used by Mahayanists in Japan as a text-book, though it does not go beyond Hinayanism.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot

But the labours of Hsüan Chuang and I-Ching show that this does not imply the rejection of all these works by Mahayanists.

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

In the same way Vedantists and Mahayanists can offer no explanation of Maya or whatever is the power which makes the universe of phenomena.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot

In other words, the Mahayanists have scriptures of their own, not included in the Hinayanist Canon and adore superhuman beings in the stage of existence immediately below Buddhahood and practically differing little from Indian deities.

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