English Explanatory Dictionary

Hinayana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Theravada Buddhism.

Word forms

Hinayana

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit हीनयान (hīnayāna, “lesser vehicle”).

Related words

tantric Theravada Mahayana
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