English noun: Mahayana | |||
1. | Mahayana (group) a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Buddhism | ||
Member holonym | Mahayanist | ||
2. | Mahayana (cognition) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Mahayana Buddhism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Buddhism | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Yogacara | ||