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|Glossary-Senses=The term was used mainly by the proponents of the Greater Vehicle, who considered the goals, understanding, practices, methods, and results of this school as being lesser in scope. | |Glossary-Senses=The term was used mainly by the proponents of the Greater Vehicle, who considered the goals, understanding, practices, methods, and results of this school as being lesser in scope. | ||
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=nikāya;śravakayāna | |Glossary-RelatedTerms=nikāya;śravakayāna | ||
|Glossary- | |Glossary-DefinitionWP=[[wikipedia:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinayana]] | ||
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Revision as of 04:59, 10 October 2020
| Key Term | Hīnayāna |
|---|---|
| Hover Popup Choices | Hīnayāna; Lesser Vehicle |
| In Tibetan Script | ཐེག་དམན། |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | theg dman |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | हीनयान |
| Romanized Sanskrit | hīnayāna |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | thekmen |
| Chinese Script | 小乘 |
| Chinese Pinyin | xiǎo chéng |
| English Standard | Lesser Vehicle |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | Lesser Vehicle |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | lesser/individual vehicle |
| Alternate Spellings | theg pa dman pa |
| Term Type | School |
| Basic Meaning | The mainstream teachings and the early schools of Buddhism which primarily taught individual liberation through the practice-focused renunciation and monasticism, considered lesser than the later movement of the Greater Vehicle, which professed enlightenment for all sentient beings and promoted compassion. |
| Has the Sense of | The term was used mainly by the proponents of the Greater Vehicle, who considered the goals, understanding, practices, methods, and results of this school as being lesser in scope. |
| Related Terms | nikāya;śravakayāna |
| Definitions | |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinayana |
