महायान

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna); equivalent to महा- (mahā-, great) +‎ यान (yān, vehicle).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mə.ɦɑː.jɑːn/, [mɐ.ɦäː.jä̃ːn]

Proper noun

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महायान (mahāyānm (Urdu spelling مہایان)

  1. (Buddhism) Mahayana

Marathi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mə.ɦa.jan/, [mʱa.jan]
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Proper noun

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महायान (mahāyānm

  1. (Buddhism) Mahayana

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Compound of महा (mahā, great) +‎ यान (yāna, vehicle).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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महायान (mahāyāna) stemn

  1. (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

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Neuter a-stem declension of महायान (mahāyāna)
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

Descendants

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