hinayana in English
noun
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a pejorative name given by the followers of Mahayana Buddhism to the more conservative schools of early Buddhism. The tradition died out in India, but it survived in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) as the Theravada school and was taken from there to other regions of Southeast Asia.
An example can be found in Buddhism itself, where people try to discriminate between Hinayana and Mahayana.
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1. 34 words related to Buddhism: organized religion, religion, faith, Zen, Zen Buddhism, Mahayana, Hinayana
2. They are also called the Nikaya Buddhist schools, and in Mahayana Buddhism they are referred to either as the Śrāvaka (disciple) schools or Hinayana (inferior) schools.
3. ‘The Hinayana approach stresses the ideal of the Arhat, the enlightened one who has attained nirvana.’ ‘A 3.5-metre-long ivory is another treasure blessing the palace, on which is carved a subminiature sutra of 82,000 characters and pictures of 500 Arhats.’