Hinayana

名词 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
   同义词：Hinayana Buddhism

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n.Buddhism （名词）【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：佛教中较保守的一个小宗派，信奉巴利文佛教经典，并具为认为通过自律斋戒可达到涅槃的无神论思想也作 Theravada

来源：
Sanskrit honay3nam [lesser vehicle]
梵文 honay3nam [较小的交通工具]
hona- [inferior] * see ghô-
hona- [劣等的次于…的] *参见 ghô-
y3nam [vehicle, way] * see ei-
y3nam [交通工具，路径] *参见 ei-

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