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Mahāyāna

branch of Buddhism popular in East Asia and Vietnam that sees the goal of becoming a buddha through the bodhisattva path as being available to all and sees the state of the arhat as incomplete
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Summary

Mahāyāna is a yana[1]. Mahāyāna draws 10,895 Wikipedia views per month (yana category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Buddhism[3]
  • Instance of: religious denomination[4]
  • Subclass of: Buddhism[5]
  • Part of: Buddhism[6]
  • Commons category: Mahayana[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mahayana[8]
  • Described by source: A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], New International Encyclopedia[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Mahāyāna Buddhism[12]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/tags/mahayana[13]
  • Member count: 263 1000000[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

Mahāyāna has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Mahāyāna is known by 123 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3sAjED
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002839-mahajanovy-buddhismus
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member count → {'unit': 'Q38526', 'amount': '+263'}
    Topic has template → Template:Mahāyāna Buddhism
    Subclass of → Buddhism
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    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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