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Pali
Alternative scripts
- 𑀬𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- यान (Devanagari script)
- যান (Bengali script)
- යාන (Sinhalese script)
- ယာန or ယႃၼ (Burmese script)
- ยาน or ยานะ (Thai script)
- ᨿᩣᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ຍານ or ຍານະ or ຢານະ (Lao script)
- យាន (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄂𑄚 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit यान (yāna).
Noun
yāna n
- going, journey, motion
- means of conveyance (including animals)
- vehicle
2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II), page 558:පුන ච පරං භන්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත්තා
මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස්ස පදාතා යසස්ස ආහත්තා අථ ච පන
නො තථා මයි නිපච්චාකාරං කරොන්ති යථා භගවති.- Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati. - Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.
Declension
Declension table of "yāna" (neuter)
Descendants
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “yāna”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead