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English noun: Hinayana

1. Hinayana (group) a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts


Broader (hypernym)Buddhism


Member holonymHinayanist

2. Hinayana (cognition) 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


SynonymsHinayana Buddhism


Broader (hypernym)Theravada, Theravada Buddhism









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