The later system of Buddhist teaching
(H3) [Printed book page 799,2]
महा (mahā)—यान (—yāna) n. ‘great vehicle’ (opp. to हीन-य् (hīna-y)° (°)), N. of the later system of Buddhist teaching said to have been first promulgated by Nāgārjuna and treated of in the Mahā-yāna-sūtras, Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 66 ; 158 -160 &c. [ID=160503]
महा (mahā)—यान (—yāna) n. ‘great vehicle’ (opp. to हीन-य् (hīna-y)° (°)), N. of the later system of Buddhist teaching said to have been first promulgated by Nāgārjuna and treated of in the Mahā-yāna-sūtras, Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 66 ; 158 -160 &c. [ID=160503]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)