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mahayana
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mahayana has 2 senses
- mahayana(n = noun.group) Array - a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia; Array is a kind of buddhism
- mahayana(n = noun.cognition) mahayana buddhism - one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan; Array is a kind of buddhism
Derived form noun mahayanist1
has particulars: yogacara
Derived form noun mahayanist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
mahayana, n.
- a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation, found in China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; and Mongolia. [WordNet 1.5]
- one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation esp through faith alone; chiefly in China; Tibet; Japan. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mahayana, n. a school of Buddhism practised in China, Japan, and Tibet.
Etymology
Skr. f. maha great + yana vehicle
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