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| Key Term | triyāna |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | ཐེག་པ་གསུམ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | theg pa gsum |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | त्रियान |
| Chinese Script | 三乗 |
| Chinese Pinyin | sānchéng |
| Japanese Transliteration | sanjō |
| Korean Transliteration | samsŭng |
| English Standard | three vehicles |
| Basic Meaning | In a Mahāyāna context the three vehicles are the śrāvakayāna, pratyekabuddhayāna, and bodhisattvayāna, which reference the three different types of Buddhist practitioners. However, in Tibetan Buddhism these can also reference the Hinayāna, Mahāyāna, and the Vajrayāna. |
| Definitions | |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism |
See page 926: In Sanskrit, “three vehicles,” three different means taught in Buddhist soteriological literature of conveying sentient beings to liberation. |