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HINAYANA BUDDHISM

• HINAYANA BUDDHISM (noun)
The noun HINAYANA BUDDHISM has 1 sense:

1. 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

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• HINAYANA BUDDHISM (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Hinayana Buddhism; Hinayana

Hypernyms ("Hinayana Buddhism" is a kind of...):

Theravada; Theravada Buddhism (one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts; a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the non-theistic ideal of self purification to Nirvana; the dominant religion of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand and Laos and Cambodia)

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