yā́na mfn. leading, conducting (said of a road; ‘to’ gen. or adv. in °trā́), [RV.]
yā́na n. (ifc. f(A). ) a journey, travel
going, moving, riding, marching &c. to (loc. or comp.) or upon (instr. or comp.) or against (acc. with prati), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a vehicle of any kind, carriage, waggon, vessel, ship, litter, palanquin, [RV.] &c. &c.
(with Buddhists) the vehicle or method of arriving at knowledge, the means of release from repeated births (there are either 3 systems, the śrāvaka-yāna, the pratyeka-buddha-y° or pratyeka-y°, and the mahā-y°; or more generally only 2, the mahā-yāna or ‘Great method’ and the hina-y° or ‘Lesser method’; sometimes there is only ‘One Vehicle’, the eka-yāna, or ‘one way to beatitude’), [SaddhP.]; [Dharmas. 2] (cf. [MWB. 159] &c.)