Madhyamayana, Madhyamayāna, Madhyama-yana: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMadhyamayāna (मध्यमयान).—the middle way to salvation.
Derivable forms: madhyamayānam (मध्यमयानम्).
Madhyamayāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhyama and yāna (यान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhyamayāna (मध्यमयान):—[=madhyama-yāna] [from madhyama > madhya] n. ‘the middle passage’, the middle way to salvation, [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 159.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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