[しょうもんそう, shoumonsou] (n) (arch) Hinayana monk [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hinayana \Hinayana\ n.
1. a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation
through one's own efforts.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing
personal salvation through one's own efforts; chiefly in
Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Cambodia.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hinayana
n 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
[syn: {Hinayana}, {Hinayana Buddhism}]
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