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mahayana

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Noun
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Ma=ha=ya=na

CIDE DICTIONARY

mahayanan. 
  •  a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation, found in China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; and Mongolia.  [WordNet 1.5]
  •  one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation esp through faith alone; chiefly in China; Tibet; Japan.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mahayana, n. a school of Buddhism practised in China, Japan, and Tibet.

Etymology
Skr. f. maha great + yana vehicle

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