yāna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yana"

Pali

Alternative forms

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

1. going, journey, motion
2. means of conveyance (including animals)
3. vehicle
   • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎^[1], 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)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	yānaṃ	yānāni or yānā
Accusative (second)	yānaṃ	yānāni
Instrumental (third)	yānena	yānehi or yānebhi
Dative (fourth)	yānassa or yānāya or yānatthaṃ	yānānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	yānasmā or yānamhā or yānā	yānehi or yānebhi
Genitive (sixth)	yānassa	yānānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	yānasmiṃ or yānamhi or yāne	yānesu
Vocative (calling)	yāna	yānāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: ယာဉ် (yany, “conveyance”)
  • → Shan: ယဵၼ်ႇ (yàen, “conveyance”)
• → Thai: ยาน (yaan, “conveyance”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “yāna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead