LAMAISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lamaism mean? 

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

1. a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMAISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Lamaism; Tibetan Buddhism

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

Buddhism (the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth)

Domain region:

Sitsang; Thibet; Tibet; Xizang (an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas)

Derivation:

Lamaist ((Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism)