HINAYANA


Meaning of HINAYANA in English

[ ˌhi:nə'jα:nə ]

(also ~ 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'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.