MAHAYANIST

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• MAHAYANIST (noun)
  The noun MAHAYANIST has 1 sense:

1. an adherent of Mahayana Buddhism

  Familiarity information: MAHAYANIST used as a noun is very rare.

• MAHAYANIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of Mahayana Buddhism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mahayanist" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Holonyms ("Mahayanist" is a member of...):

Mahayana (a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia)

Derivation:

Mahayana (one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan)

Mahayana (a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia)