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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Hinayana

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01 n. a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
  1. 1.
    a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
  2. 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.