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himselve | himyaric | himyaritic | hin | hinault | hinayana | hinayana buddhism | hinayanism | hinayanist | hind | hind end

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hinayana

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Hi=na=ya=na

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun hinayana has 2 senses

hinayana(n = noun.group) Array - a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts; Array

Derived form noun hinayanist₁

hinayana(n = noun.cognition) hinayana buddhism - an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia; Array

is a kind of theravada, theravada buddhism

CIDE DICTIONARY

hinayana, n.

a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts. [WordNet 1.5]
one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts; chiefly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Cambodia. [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hinayana, n. = THERAVADA.

Etymology

Skr. f. hina lesser + yana vehicle

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