Mahayana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “Great Vehicle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə/, /ˌmʌhəˈjɑːnə/

Proper noun

Mahayana

(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.
Synonym: Great Vehicle

Hyponyms

(school of Buddhism): Zen

Derived terms

Mahayanic, Mahayanism, Mahayanist, Mahayanistic

Translations

school of Buddhism

Burmese: မဟာယာန (my) (ma.hayana.)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大乘佛教 (Dàchéng Fójiào), 北傳佛教 / 北传佛教 (Běichuán Fójiào)
Esperanto: Mahajano
Hungarian: mahájána
Indonesian: Mahayana
Irish: Búdachas Mahayana m, Mahayana
Japanese: 大乗 (ja) (だいじょう, daijō), 大乗仏教 (ja) (Daijō Bukkyō)
Kalmyk: Ик Көлгн (Ik Kölgn)
Khmer: មហាយាន (mɔɔhaayiən)
Korean: 대승불교 (ko) (daeseungbulgyo)
Lao: ມະຫາຍານ (ma hn)
Malay: Mahayana
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: Маха́яна f (Maxájana)
Thai: มหายาน (th) (má-hǎa-yaan)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: Đại thừa (vi)

See also

Madhyamika

References

“Mahayana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “Great Vehicle”).

Proper noun

Mahayana m (genitive Mahayana)

(Buddhism) Mahayana

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Mahayana*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
Mahayana	Mhahayana	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.