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MAHAYANIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adherent of Mahayana Buddhism
Classified under:
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)
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