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

In both compilations the tantric section appears to consist of later books expounding ideas which are further from the teaching of Gotama than the Mahayanist sûtras.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 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

The Mahayanist scriptures are composed in Sanskrit not in Pali, but it is only rarely—for instance in the works of Aśvaghosha—that Buddhist Sanskrit conforms to the rules of the classical language.

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

The Chinese editors draw a clear distinction between Hinayanist and Mahayanist scriptures.

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

Among the Mahayanists the ancient Vinaya and Nikayas exist only as literary curiosities.

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

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

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