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theravada
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun theravada has 1 sense
- theravada(n = noun.cognition) theravada buddhism - one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts; a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the non-theistic ideal of self purification to nirvana; the dominant religion of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand and Laos and Cambodia; Array is a kind of buddhism
has particulars: hinayana, hinayana buddhism
OXFORD DICTIONARY
theravada, n. a more conservative form of Buddhism, practised in Burma (now Myanmar), Thailand, etc.
Etymology
Pali theravada f. thera elder, old + vada speech, doctrine
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