MAHAYANA (" Great Vehicle ")

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MAHAYANA (" Great Vehicle ") , the name given to the later

Buddhism

BUDDHISM

, the popular

religion

RELIGION
RELIGION, FOLKLORE,
CUSTOM
- CUSTOM (from O. Fr.
  costume
  - COSTUME
  - COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)
  ,
  costume
  - COSTUME
  - COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)
  or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened
  form
  - FORM (Lat. forma)
  of consuetudo)

which embraced all the

people

PEOPLE

and had its

pantheon

PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-
holy
- HOLY
, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

of Buddhas and Bodhisatvas, with attendant deities and demons, spacious temples and images, pompous ceremonial and noisy festivals. It was thus contrasted with the Hinayana (" Little Vehicle ") of the

primitive

PRIMITIVE

Buddhism

BUDDHISM

which had been only for the select few. (See BUDDHISM.)

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