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HINAYANA BUDDHISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hinayana Buddhism mean?
• HINAYANA BUDDHISM (noun)
The noun HINAYANA BUDDHISM has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: HINAYANA BUDDHISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hinayana; Hinayana Buddhism
Hypernyms ("Hinayana Buddhism" is a kind of...):
Theravada; 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)
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