mahayana
- n a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia
- n 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 buddhism
- n 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
mahdi
- n (Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion
mahdism
- n belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi