महायान
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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna); equivalent to महा- (mahā-, “great”) + यान (yān, “vehicle”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
महायान • (mahāyān) m (Urdu spelling مہایان)
Marathi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
महायान • (mahāyān) m
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
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | महायानम् (mahāyānam) | महायाने (mahāyāne) | महायानानि (mahāyānāni) |
| vocative | महायान (mahāyāna) | 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) |