Associations to the word «Hinayana»
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Wiktionary
HINAYANA, proper noun. (Buddhism) Theravada Buddhism.
Dictionary definition
HINAYANA, noun. A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
HINAYANA, noun. 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.
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