名詞 hinayana:

1. a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts
2. 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
   同義詞：Hinayana Buddhism

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n.Buddhism （名詞）【佛教】
A small, conservative branch of Buddhism following the Pali scriptures and the nontheistic ideal of self-purification to nirvana.Also called Theravada
小乘：佛教中較保守的一個(gè)小宗派，信奉巴利文佛教經(jīng)典，并具為認(rèn)為通過自律齋戒可達(dá)到涅槃的無神論思想也作 Theravada

來源：
Sanskrit honay3nam [lesser vehicle]
梵文 honay3nam [較小的交通工具]
hona- [inferior] * see ghô-
hona- [劣等的次于…的] *參見 ghô-
y3nam [vehicle, way] * see ei-
y3nam [交通工具，路徑] *參見 ei-

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