YOGACARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yogacara mean? 

• YOGACARA (noun)
  The noun YOGACARA has 1 sense:

1. one of the main traditions of Mahayana Buddhism; holds that the mind is real but that objects are just ideas or states of consciousness

  Familiarity information: YOGACARA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YOGACARA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the main traditions of Mahayana Buddhism; holds that the mind is real but that objects are just ideas or states of consciousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Yogacara" is a kind of...):

Mahayana; Mahayana Buddhism (one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan)