'Hinayana' definitions:
Definition of 'Hinayana'
(from WordNet)
noun
A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts
noun
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 [syn: Hinayana, Hinayana Buddhism]
Definition of 'Hinayana'
From: GCIDE
- Hinayana \Hinayana\ n.
- 1. a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts; chiefly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Cambodia. [WordNet 1.5]