α. 1800s– Hinayanist, 1900s– Hinajanist (rare).
β. 1900s– Hinayanaist (rare).
Hinayanistn.adj.
/ˌhiːnəˈjɑːnɪst/, /ˌhɪnəˈjɑːnɪst/, U.S. /ˌhɪnəˈjɑnəst/, /ˌhinəˈjɑnəst/ A. n.
A follower or adherent of any of various schools belonging to the earlier of the two major traditions of Buddhism.Not generally used now, on account of its implied denigration of Theravada Buddhism; cf. note at Hinayana n.
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Hinayanist1883
1883 W. W. Rockhill in tr. Udânavarga Introd. p. xiii The explanations of the words..are all of that literal description which one might expect of a ‘hinayanist’ who did not pretend to extract from the words anything more than their ordinary meaning.
1907 D. T. Suzuki Outl. Mahyâyâna Buddhism 8 The distinction of Mahâyânists and Hînayânists became definite.
1945 A. Huxley Let. 27 May (1969) 526 In later, Mahayana Buddhism much is said about the dangers of fixed, strained, rigid concentration of the attention (such as was practised by the Hinayanists).
2011 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 21 222 The monks who adhered to new sūtras would have lived in monasteries side by side with Hīnayānists.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of any of various schools belonging to the earlier of the two major traditions of Buddhism; designating a follower or adherent of Hinayana Buddhism.Not typically used by Theravada Buddhists; cf. note at Hinayana n.
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1889 Dublin Rev. July 56 For the pure, or ‘Hînâyânist’ Buddhism, the new being continues the preceding one, morally at least.
1904 Calcutta Rev. 118 195 The tone of his Bhaktishataka is not a Hinayanist tone; it is distinctly Mahayanist.
2005 M. Saran Chasing Monk's Shadow (2008) 307 The Hinayanist monks presented Harsha with a copy of a work by an old Brahmin teacher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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