There are 25 total results for your Yana search in the dictionary.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
やな see styles |
yana ヤナ |
(female given name) Yana |
乘 see styles |
shèng sheng4 sheng jō |
(archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books Yāna 衍; 野那 a vehicle, wain, any means of conveyance; a term applied to Buddhism as carrying men to salvation. The two chief divisions are the 小乘 Hīnayāna and 大乘 Mahāyāna; but there are categories of one, two, three, four, and five sheng q.v., and they have further subdivisions. |
簗 see styles |
zhù zhu4 chu yana やな |
erroneous variant of 築|筑[zhu4] (fish) weir; fish trap; (surname) Yana |
一乘 see styles |
yī shèng yi1 sheng4 i sheng ichijou / ichijo いちじょう |
(surname) Ichijō ekayāna, One yāna, the One yāna, the vehicle of one-ness. |
三衍 see styles |
sān yǎn san1 yan3 san yen sanen |
The three yāna, or vehicles to nirvāṇa, i.e. śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva, v. 三乘. |
下乘 see styles |
xià shèng xia4 sheng4 hsia sheng gejō |
The lower yāna, i.e. Hīnayāna; likened to an old worn-out horse. To alight from (a vehicle, horse, etc.). |
光宅 see styles |
guāng zhái guang1 zhai2 kuang chai Kōtaku |
Kuang-chai, name of the temple where 法雲 Fa-yun early in the sixth century wrote his commentary on the Lotus Sutra, which is known as the 光宅疏; 光宅 became his epithet. He made a division of four yāna from the Burning House parable, the goat cart representing the śrāvaka, the deer cart the pratyekabuddha, the ox-cart the Hīnayāna bodhisattva, and the great white ox-cart the Mahāyāna bodhisattva; a division adopted by T'ien-t'ai. |
八名 see styles |
yana やな |
(surname) Yana |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
矢菜 see styles |
yana やな |
(female given name) Yana |
矢那 see styles |
yana やな |
(f,p) Yana |
耶奈 see styles |
yana やな |
(given name) Yana |
衆道 众道 see styles |
zhòng dào zhong4 dao4 chung tao shuudou; shudou / shudo; shudo しゅうどう; しゅどう |
male homosexuality; pederasty The way of all; all the three yāna, or vehicles of salvation. |
谷穴 see styles |
yaana / yana やあな |
(place-name) Yaana |
魚梁 see styles |
yana やな |
(surname) Yana |
ヤナ川 see styles |
yanagawa ヤナがわ |
(place-name) Yana (river) |
一佛乘 see styles |
yī fó shèng yi1 fo2 sheng4 i fo sheng ichibutsu jō |
The Mahāyāna, or one-Buddha vehicle, especially the teaching of the Lotus Sūtra.; The one Buddha-yāna. The One Vehicle, i.e. Mahāyāna, which contains the final or complete law of the Buddha and not merely a part, or preliminary stage, as in Hīnayāna. Mahāyānists claim it as the perfect and only way to the shore of parinirvāṇa. It is especially the doctrine of the 法華經 Lotus Sūtra; v. 大乘. |
一卽三 see styles |
yī jí sān yi1 ji2 san1 i chi san ichisokusan |
One is (or includes) three; especially the one yāna (the Buddha vehicle) is, or includes the three vehicles, i.e. bodhisattva, pratyekabuddha, and śrāvaka. |
下劣乘 see styles |
xià liè shèng xia4 lie4 sheng4 hsia lieh sheng geretsu jō |
The inferior, mean yāna, a scornful term for Hīnayāna. |
如來乘 如来乘 see styles |
rú lái shèng ru2 lai2 sheng4 ju lai sheng nyorai jō |
tathāgata-yāna, the Tathāgata vehicle, or means of salvation. |
Variations: |
yana やな |
(fish) weir; fish trap |
簗郁夫 see styles |
yanaikuo やないくお |
(person) Yana Ikuo |
一乘之珠 see styles |
yī shèng zhī zhū yi1 sheng4 zhi1 zhu1 i sheng chih chu ichijō no shu |
The pearl of the One yāna, i.e. The Lotus Scripture. |
八名信夫 see styles |
yananobuo やなのぶお |
(person) Yana Nobuo (1935.10-) |
華嚴一乘 华严一乘 see styles |
huā yán yī shèng hua1 yan2 yi1 sheng4 hua yen i sheng Kegon ichijō |
The one Huayan yāna, or vehicle, for bringing all to Buddhahood. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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