महायान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna); equivalent to महा- (mahā-, “great”) +‎ यान (yān, “vehicle”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɦɑː.jɑːn/, [mɐ.ɦäː.jä̃ːn]

Proper noun

महायान • (mahāyān) m (Urdu spelling مہایان)

(Buddhism) Mahayana

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mə.ɦa.jan/, [mʱa.jan]
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Proper noun

महायान • (mahāyān) m

(Buddhism) Mahayana

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

মহায়ান (Assamese script)
ᬫᬳᬵᬬᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
মহায়ান (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰮𑰯𑰧𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
မဟာယာန (Burmese script)
મહાયાન (Gujarati script)
ਮਹਾਯਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦲꦴꦪꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂯𑂰𑂨𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಮಹಾಯಾನ (Kannada script)
មហាយាន (Khmer script)
ມຫາຍານ (Lao script)
മഹായാന (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘧𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠾᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧎𑧑𑧇𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐫𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
ମହାଯାନ (Odia script)
ꢪꢲꢵꢫꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆲𑆳𑆪𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖮𑖯𑖧𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
මහායාන (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑪂𑩛𑩻𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚣𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
மஹாயாந (Tamil script)
మహాయాన (Telugu script)
มหายาน (Thai script)
མ་ཧཱ་ཡཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒯𑒰𑒨𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨱𑨊𑨪𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of महा (mahā, “great”) +‎ यान (yāna, “vehicle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɑː.jɑː.n̪ɐ/

Proper noun

महायान • (mahāyāna) stem, n

(Buddhism) Mahayana (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)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of महायान
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	महायानम् (mahāyānam)	महायाने (mahāyāne)	महायानानि (mahāyānāni)
accusative	महायानम् (mahāyānam)	महायाने (mahāyāne)	महायानानि (mahāyānāni)
instrumental	महायानेन (mahāyānena)	महायानाभ्याम् (mahāyānābhyām)	महायानैः (mahāyānaiḥ)
dative	महायानाय (mahāyānāya)	महायानाभ्याम् (mahāyānābhyām)	महायानेभ्यः (mahāyānebhyaḥ)
ablative	महायानात् (mahāyānāt)	महायानाभ्याम् (mahāyānābhyām)	महायानेभ्यः (mahāyānebhyaḥ)
genitive	महायानस्य (mahāyānasya)	महायानयोः (mahāyānayoḥ)	महायानानाम् (mahāyānānām)
locative	महायाने (mahāyāne)	महायानयोः (mahāyānayoḥ)	महायानेषु (mahāyāneṣu)
vocative	महायान (mahāyāna)	महायाने (mahāyāne)	महायानानि (mahāyānāni)

Descendants

→ Bengali: মহাযান (mohajan)
→ Chinese: 大乘 (Dàchéng) (calque)
- → Japanese: 大乗(だいじょう) (daijō)
→ English: Mahayana
→ Hindi: महायान (mahāyān)
→ Nepali: महायान (mahāyān)
→ Punjabi: ਮਹਾਯਾਨ (mahāyān)