Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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;
[syn: Theravada, Theravada Buddhism]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Theravada
n 1: 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 [syn: Theravada,
Theravada Buddhism]