| 释义 |
Theravada|θɛrəˈvɑːdə|
[a. Pali, lit. ‘doctrine of the elders’.]
= Hinayana.
[1875R. C. Childers Dict. Pali Lang. 545/1 The adj. theravádí (theraváda..) means holding the orthodox doctrine.] 1882W. Hoey tr. Oldenberg's Buddha i. i. 75 The Church of Ceylon remained true to the simple, homely, ‘Word of the Ancients’ (Theravâda). 1923Ld. Ronaldshay Lands of Thunderbolt vii. 48, I shall refer to it as the Thera Vada—‘the way of the Elders’—because this is the title which its adherents themselves prefer, the term Hinayāna being objectionable to them. 1959Encounter Jan. 19 Theravada Buddhism stems directly from the Indian tradition. 1978C. Humphreys Both Sides of Circle xii. 132 My own list, however, was far wider than Olcott's ‘Fourteen Fundamental Principles’, which were largely confined to the Canon of the Southern or Theravada school. |