单词 | Hinayana |
释义 | Hinayana/ˌhiːnəˈjɑːnə /(also Hinayana Buddhism) noun [mass noun] A name given by the followers of Mahayana Buddhism to the more orthodox schools of early Buddhism. The tradition died out in India, but it survived in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) as the Theravada school and was taken from there to other regions of SE Asia. See Theravada.An example can be found in Buddhism itself, where people try to discriminate between Hinayana and Mahayana....
OriginFrom Sanskrit hīna 'lesser' + yāna 'vehicle'. |
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