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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Mahayana en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə/
  • /ˌmʌhəˈjɑːnə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “great vehicle”).

Meanings

  1. 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

Theravada

Deriveds

Mahayanistic · Mahayanic · Mahayanism · Mahayanist

Hyponyms

Zen (school of Buddhism)

Relateds

Madhyamika

Synonyms

Great Vehicle

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)