Mahayana
/ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə/(亦作Mahayana Buddhism)
noun
mass noun
- one of the two major traditions of Buddhism, now practised in a variety of forms especially in China, Japan, and Korea. The tradition emerged around the 1st century AD and is typically concerned with personal spiritual practice and the ideal of the bodhisattva.摩诃衍那; 大乘（佛教两大不成文戒条之一, 现有多种形式, 主要流传于中国、日本和朝鲜; 该派约于公元1世纪出现, 通常强调个人修行以及修行成佛的理想）。比较THERAVADA.
词源
from Sanskrit， from mahā 'great' + yāna 'vehicle'.