HINAYANA

Meaning of HINAYANA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhi-nə-ˈyä-nə, ˌhē- ]

noun

Etymology: Sanskrit hīnayāna lesser vehicle

Date: 1868

: Theravada

• Hi·na·ya·nist -ˈyä-nist noun

• Hi·na·ya·nis·tic -yä-ˈnis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

HINAYANA — The term literally means "the Little Way." It is a derogatory term put onto Theravada Buddhism by those who follow …
Buddhism English Glossary
HINAYANA — noun Etymology: Sanskrit hīnayāna lesser vehicle Date: 1868 Theravada , Hinayanist noun Hinayanistic adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HINAYANA — Name given to the more conservative schools of Buddhism . A Sanskrit word meaning "Lesser Vehicle" (because it is concerned …
Английский словарь Британика
HINAYANA — ˌhēnəˈyänə, -ēnēˈ(y)ä- noun ( -s ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit hīnayāna, literally, lesser vehicle, from hīna left behind, inferior, lesser …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HINAYANA — /hee'neuh yah"neuh/ , n. earlier of the two great schools of Buddhism, still prevalent in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HINAYANA — [ ˌhi:nə'jα:nə ] (also ~ Buddhism ) ■ noun a name given by the followers of Mahayana Buddhism to the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HINAYANA — [Hi.na.ya.na] n [Skt hinayana lesser vehicle] (1868): theravada -- Hi.na.ya.nist n -- Hi.na.ya.nis.tic adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HINAYANA — (Sanskrit: "Lesser Vehicle"), the more orthodox, conservative schools of Buddhism; the name Hinayana was applied to these schools by the …
Britannica English vocabulary
HINAYANA — Hinayana BrE AmE ˌhiːn ə ˈjɑːn ə ˌhɪn-, -ɪ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HINAYANA — n. = THERAVADA. [Skr. f. hina lesser + yana vehicle]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HINAYANA — n. = THERAVADA. [ Skr. f. hina lesser + yana vehicle ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HINAYANA — n. THERAVADA. Etymology: Skr. f. hina lesser + yana vehicle
Oxford English vocab
HINAYANA — n. Name given to the more conservative schools of Buddhism . A Sanskrit word meaning "Lesser Vehicle" (because it is …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HINAYANA — Хинаяна
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HINAYANA — n. Pronunciation: ˌ hi-n ə - ' yä-n ə , ˌ h ē - Function: noun Etymology: Sanskrit h ī …
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HINAYANISTIC — adjective see: Hinayana
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HINAYANIST — noun see: Hinayana
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THERAVADA — Major form of Buddhism , prevalent in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. It is the only survivor among …
Английский словарь Британика
SARVASTIVADA — One of the 18 schools of Hinayana Buddhism that developed during the first four or five centuries after the Buddha's …
Английский словарь Британика
THERAVADA — noun see hinayana
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOUTHERN BUDDHISM — noun see hinayana
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALI BUDDHISM — noun see hinayana
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LITTLE VEHICLE — noun see hinayana
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PALI — I. ˈpälē noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit pāli row, line, series, series of Buddhist sacred texts …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VEHICLE — ˈvēˌikəl also ˈvēˌhik- or ˈvēə̇k- sometimes vēˈhik- or viˈh- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: French véhicule transmitting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAIBHASIKA — vīˈbäs(h)ə̇kə noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit vaibhāṣika, from Vibhāṣā, a commentary on the Buddhist scriptures, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THERAVADIN — -d ə n noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Pali theravādin, from theravāda Hinayana : an adherent of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THERAVADA — ˌtherəˈvädə noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Pali theravāda, literally, doctrine of the elders, from thera elder (from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAHAYANA — ˌmä(h)əˈyänə noun ( -s ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit mahāyāna the great vehicle, from mahat great + yāna vehicle — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LITTLE VEHICLE — noun Usage: usually capitalized L&V Etymology: translation of Sanskrit hīnayāna : hinayana — usually used with the reverted to the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIPITAKA — ( (Pali: Triple Basket), ) Sanskrit Tripitaka, the total canon of the southern schools of Buddhism, somewhat pejoratively dubbed Hinayana …
Britannica English vocabulary
FA-HSIEN — flourished AD 399, 414 Pinyin Faxian, original name Sehi Chinese Buddhist monk whose pilgrimage to India in 402 initiated Sino-Indian …
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