हीनयान (hInayAna)

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English

हीनयान 	-	  hInayAna 	-	 n.
  	-	 simpler or lesser vehicle  [ first and oldest school of Buddhism ]

हीनयान 	-	 hInayAna 	-	 n.
  	-	  simpler or lesser vehicle  [ first and oldest school of Buddhism ]

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 हीन—यान n.
  ‘simpler or lesser vehicle’,  N.
  of the earliest system of Buddhist doctrine (opp.  to महायान
 See यान).

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 hīna-yāna (nt.),  the inferior vehicle,  i.e. that of the śrāvakas: Mvy 〔1253〕
 depreciated,  na °yānena nayanti buddhāḥ SP 〔46.14〕 (vs)
 others,  see s.v. yāna.

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