yāna | यान | yAna
yā/na | या/न | mfn. leading, conducting (said of a road; ‘to’ gen. or adv. in ˚trā/ | ˚त्रा/ |), RV.
yā/na | या/न | n. (ifc. f(A). ) a journey, travel
going, moving, riding, marching &c. to (loc. or comp.) or upon (instr. or comp.) or against (acc. with prati | प्रति |), Mn.; MBh. &c.
a vehicle of any kind, carriage, waggon, vessel, ship, litter, palanquin, RV. &c. &c.
(with Buddhists) the vehicle or method of arriving at knowledge, the means of release from repeated births (there are either 3 systems, the ṣrāvaka-yāna | ष्रावक-यान |, the pratyeka-budḍa-y˚ | प्रत्येक-बुद्ड-य्˚ | or pratyeka-y˚ | प्रत्येक-य्˚ |, and the mahā-y˚ | महा-य्˚ |; or more generally only 2, the mahā-yāna | महा-यान | or ‘Great method’ and the hina-y˚ | हिन-य्˚ | or ‘Lesser method’; sometimes there is only ‘One Vehicle’, the eka-yāna | एक-यान |, or ‘one way to beatitude’), SaddhP.; Dharmas. 2 (cf. MWB. 159 &c.)
yāna | यान | &c. See p. 849, col. 3.
yā/na | या/न | n. (ifc. f(A). ) a journey, travel
going, moving, riding, marching &c. to (loc. or comp.) or upon (instr. or comp.) or against (acc. with prati | प्रति |), Mn.; MBh. &c.
a vehicle of any kind, carriage, waggon, vessel, ship, litter, palanquin, RV. &c. &c.
(with Buddhists) the vehicle or method of arriving at knowledge, the means of release from repeated births (there are either 3 systems, the ṣrāvaka-yāna | ष्रावक-यान |, the pratyeka-budḍa-y˚ | प्रत्येक-बुद्ड-य्˚ | or pratyeka-y˚ | प्रत्येक-य्˚ |, and the mahā-y˚ | महा-य्˚ |; or more generally only 2, the mahā-yāna | महा-यान | or ‘Great method’ and the hina-y˚ | हिन-य्˚ | or ‘Lesser method’; sometimes there is only ‘One Vehicle’, the eka-yāna | एक-यान |, or ‘one way to beatitude’), SaddhP.; Dharmas. 2 (cf. MWB. 159 &c.)
yāna | यान | &c. See p. 849, col. 3.