Hinayana (Noun)
Meaning 1
A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 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.
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.