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Ma·ha·ya·na       [mah-huh-yah-nuh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought to be attainable through faith alone.
Compare Hinayana.

[Origin: 1865–70; < Skt, equiv. to mahā- great + yāna vehicle]

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Ma·ha·ya·nist       [mah-huh-yah-nist] Pronunciation Key, noun
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Ma·ha·ya·na       (mä'hə-yä'nə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   One of the major schools of Buddhism, teaching social concern and universal salvation and active in Japan, Korea, Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia, Vietnam, and China.


[Sanskrit Mahāyānam, greater vehicle (as contrasted with Hīnayānam, lesser vehicle; see Hinayana) : mahā-, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots + yānam, vehicle; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

Ma'ha·ya'nist n., Ma'ha·ya·nis'tic adj.
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Mahayana 
type of Buddhism practiced in northern Asia, 1868, from Skt., from maha "great" (see maharajah) + yana "vehicle."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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mahayana

noun
1. a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia 
2. one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan 

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