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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;
[syn: Hinayana, Hinayana Buddhism]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hinayana \Hinayana\ n. 1. a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts. [WordNet 1.5] 2. one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts; chiefly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Cambodia. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Hinayana n 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 [syn: Hinayana, Hinayana Buddhism]