mahāyāna | महायान | mahAyAna
mahā—yāna | महा—यान | n. ‘great vehicle’ (opp. to hīna-y˚ | 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.
mahā—yāna | महा—यान | m. ‘having a gr˚ chariot’, N. of a king of the Vidyādharas, Kathās.
mahā—yāna | महा—यान | m. ‘having a gr˚ chariot’, N. of a king of the Vidyādharas, Kathās.