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hinayana meaning and definition
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Definition of Hinayana (noun)
- a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts
- 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
- synonyms: Hinayana Buddhism
Source: Princeton University Wordnet