महायान (mahAyAna)

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 महा—यान n.
  ‘great vehicle’ (opp.  to हीन-य्°),  N.
  of the later system of Buddhist teaching said to have been first promulgated by Nāgārjuna and treated of in the Mahā-yāna-sūtras,  MWB.
  66
 158-160 &c.
  

 महा—यान m.
  ‘having a gr° chariot’,  N.
  of a king of the Vidyādharas,  Kathās.
 

Apte Hindi

Hindi

महायानम्
नपुं*
   महा-यानम् -
एक बड़ी सवारी

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 mahāyāna,  nt.,  the ‘Great Vehicle’ (also called buddha-,  bodhisattva-yāna,  qq.v.,  and see yāna,  vajrayāna,  agrayāna): passim,  e.g. Mvy 〔1250〕
 bhikṣur °naṃ dhārayamāṇaḥ Suv 〔192.1〕
 kecin °nam abhiśraddhayanti id. 8.

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Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

theg chen
महायान

theg pa chen po
महायान

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