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noun
Lamaism  n.  A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Tibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.





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... occurred in the next half century[312] for Padma-Sambhava, the founder of Lamaism who is said to have resided in Gaya and Nalanda and to have arrived in Tibet in 747 A.D., is represented by tradition as a tantric wizard, and about the same time translations of Tantras begin to appear in Chinese. The translations of the sixth and seventh centuries, including those of ...
— Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot


Words linked to "Lamaism" :   Lamaist, Xizang, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Thibet, Sitsang


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