大乗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 乗
だい
Grade: 1 		じょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
大乘 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 大乘 (Dàchéng), itself a calque of Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “Great Vehicle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

大(だい)乗(じょう) • (Daijō) 

  1. (Buddhism) Mahayana

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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