SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Hinayana2. Mahayanaa. the lesser vehicleb. the greater vehicle
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1-a2-b
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1-b2-a
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The three vehicles are the teachings expounded for voice-hearers ( shrāvaka), for cause-awakened ones (pratyekabuddha), and for bodhisattvas.
Detailed explanation-2: -The word yana means vehicle or raft, which evokes the image of Buddhist teaching as a raft or vehicle that can help one cross over the river of suffering to the “other shore.” The Mahayana is, thus, the “Great Vehicle.”
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