Hinayana
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Hinayana /ˌhiːnəˈjɑːnə/ (also Hinayana Buddhism)
▶noun a name given by the followers of Mahayana Buddhism to the more orthodox schools of early Buddhism, which survived in Sri Lanka as the Theravada school.
– origin from Sanskrit hīna ‘lesser’ + yāna ‘vehicle’.
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