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- noun Any of the three
vehicles of Buddhist practice;Mahayana ,Hinayana , andVajrayana .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The character of Tat'yana is very strong, honest and she firmly believes in the fight for her country.
Advance reader reviews of Beautiful Assassin by Michael C. White. 2010
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_K [= a] mas [= u] tram_ (or _Kama Soutra_) of V [= a] tsy [= a] yana, which is nothing less than a handbook for libertines, of which it would be impossible even to print the table of contents.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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Ha ka yana, nagmamangno hiya han iya "rent-to-own fish cage" ngan nangangalayon la gihap hiya ha nauna niya nga gin tratrabahu-an.
unknown title 2009
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We know the outcome from the beginning, but it did not spoil the unfolding of Tat'yana's tale.
Advance reader reviews of Beautiful Assassin by Michael C. White. 2010
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His Râmâyana which is an original composition and not a translation of
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism encompasses Vajrayana (a Sanskrit word that is a conjunction of vajra which may be translated as diamond, thunder or indestructible and yana or vehicle).
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Ai yei yai ya na ye he ye ye yi yan e ya qana ai ye yi yat yana
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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Thus, Chittamatra Followers of Scripture assert three ultimate vehicles of mind (mthar-thug theg-pa, ultimate vehicles) – shravaka-yana, pratyekabuddha-yana, and bodhisattva-yana.
Buddha-Nature According to Gelug-Chittamatra, Svatantrika, and Prasangika Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II 2006
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Matlomagan-yana, or the “Links”, is quite a chain of these never-failing springs.
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Matlomagan-yana (the Links), extends its fertilizing influence beneath the plains of the Kalahari.
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