Mahayana
/ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə/
Mahayana proper noun: 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.
Proper noun
Mahayana
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- Great Vehicle
Mahayana meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Sanskrit and Malay
Mahayana in Bengali
- প্রচলিত বৌদ্ধমতবিশেষ, মহাযান
Mahayana in Kannada
- ಮಹಾಯಾನ
Mahayana in Sanskrit
- school of Buddhism
- महायान mahāyāna
Mahayana in Malay
- school of Buddhism
- Mahayana
More languagesFewer languages
- Mahayana in Indonesian
- Mahayana
- Mahayana in Thai
- มหายาน má-hǎa-yaan
- Mahayana in Vietnamese
- Đại thừa
- Mahayana in Myanmar
- မဟာယာန ma.hayana.
Synonyms of Mahayana
Origin of Mahayana
Borrowed from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “great vehicle”).
Words formed from Mahayana
Questions about Mahayana
- What does Mahayana mean?
- Mahayana means 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.
- What is Mahayana in Bengali?
- Mahayana in Bengali is প্রচলিত বৌদ্ধমতবিশেষ, মহাযান. See Mahayana meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is Mahayana?
- Mahayana is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Mahayana?
- Mahayana is pronounced /ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə/.
Words near Mahayana in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mahayana (page history and authors); Mahayana (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Mahayana (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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