महायान
Hindi
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna); equivalent to महा- (mahā-, “great”) + यान (yān, “vehicle”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMarathi
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editमहायान • (mahāyān) m
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative 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
editCompound of महा (mahā, “great”) + यान (yāna, “vehicle”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦɑːˈjɑː.n̪ɐ/
Proper noun
editमहायान • (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
editNeuter a-stem declension of महायान (mahāyāna) | |||
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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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- Hindi masculine nouns
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- Marathi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Marathi terms with audio links
- Marathi lemmas
- Marathi proper nouns
- Marathi masculine nouns
- mr:Buddhism
- Sanskrit compound terms
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- Sanskrit proper nouns
- Sanskrit proper nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit neuter nouns
- sa:Buddhism
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