α. 1700s– Lamaism.
α. 1800s– Lamism (now rare).
Also with lower-case initial.
单词 | lamaism |
释义 | Lamaismn.α. 1700s– Lamaism. α. 1800s– Lamism (now rare). Also with lower-case initial. Buddhism. A collective term for: those forms of Mahayana Buddhism in which lamas play a significant role, such as those practised in Tibet and Mongolia.Now generally avoided in academic contexts due to the implication that these forms of Buddhism constitute a separate belief system.In quot. 2009 in a historical context. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > Mahayana > Lamaism Lamaisma1751 Lamanism1821 a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Philos. Wks. (1754) V. lxxx. 204 The religion which their artificial theology has imposed for christianity, and which is no more like to it in some respects than talapoism, bonzism, or lamaism are. 1817 Edinb. Rev. 28 313 Prayer is one of the principal duties enjoined by Lamaism. 1921 C. Eliot Hinduism & Buddhism III. l. 355 Khubilai Khan... Summoned the abbot of Sakya to China in 1261 and was initiated by him into the mysteries of Lamaism. 2009 Eastern Buddhist 40 167 Ōta spoke of his..desire to preserve Lamaism in Inner Mongolia, as a response to the Soviet policy of eliminating religion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.a1751 |
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