Noun
- 1. Mahayana, Buddhism
- usage: a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia
- 2. Mahayana, Mahayana Buddhism, Buddhism
- usage: 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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