Mahayana en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə/
- /ˌmʌhəˈjɑːnə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “great vehicle”).
Meanings
- One of the two primary branches of Buddhism that emerged around the 1st century BCE, which accepts non-Pali canon scriptures, and emphasizes the path of bodhisattva.
Coordinates
Deriveds
Mahayanistic · Mahayanic · Mahayanism · Mahayanist
Hyponyms
Zen (school of Buddhism)
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (27)
xal Ик Көлгн (school of Buddhism) · id Mahayana (school of Buddhism) · sa महायान (school of Buddhism) · ja 大乗 (school of Buddhism) · cmn 摩訶衍 /摩诃衍 (school of Buddhism) · ko 대승불교 (school of Buddhism) · vi Đại thừa (school of Buddhism) · lo ມະຫາຍານ (school of Buddhism) · ja 大乗仏教 (school of Buddhism) · ms Mahayana (school of Buddhism) · ru Маха́яна (school of Buddhism) · ga Búdachas Mahayana (school of Buddhism) · th มหายาน (school of Buddhism) · hu mahájána (school of Buddhism) · my မဟာယာန (school of Buddhism) · pi mahāyāna (school of Buddhism) · cmn 北傳佛教 /北传佛教 (school of Buddhism) · el μαχαγιάνα (school of Buddhism) · eo Mahajano (school of Buddhism) · ga Mahayana (school of Buddhism) · mn Их хөлгөн (school of Buddhism) · ja 摩訶衍 (school of Buddhism) · cmn 大乘佛教 (school of Buddhism) · pl mahajana (school of Buddhism) · ko 마하연 (school of Buddhism) · bo ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ (school of Buddhism) · km មហាយាន (school of Buddhism)