Mahayana
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “Great Vehicle”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMahayana
- (Buddhism) A school of Buddhism widely practised in East Asia and Vietnam which accepts non-Pali canon scriptures, recognizes a broader array of buddhas and bodhisattvas, and whose spiritual objective is to achieve Buddhahood and liberate other beings, rather than simply to achieve personal enlightenment, as in Theravada Buddhism.
Hyponyms
edit- (school of Buddhism): Zen
Derived terms
editTranslations
editschool of Buddhism
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See also
editReferences
edit- “Mahayana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “Great Vehicle”).
Proper noun
editMahayana m (genitive Mahayana)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Mahayana | Mhahayana | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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