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Definition of HINAYANA
Pronunciation : HINAYANA

noun : HINAYANA

Source:WordNet 3.1

  • 1. (

    ) a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts ;

  • 2. (

    ) 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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