Mahayanist

American  

[mah-huh-yahn-ist] / ˌmɑ həˈyɑn 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

• Mahayanistic
  adjective
• Mahayanism
  noun

Inflected Forms

noun

• 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

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 Eliot, Charles, Sir

The Abhidharma-Pitaka or Lun-tsang is, like the Sûtra Pitaka, divided into Mahayanist and Hinayanist texts and texts of both schools admitted into the Canon after 960 A.D.

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

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

It is the only part of the Mahâvastu which can be called definitely Mahayanist.

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