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Definition of Hinayana Buddhism
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hinayana Buddhism
Literary usage of Hinayana Buddhism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. China: An Interpretation by James Whitford Bashford (1919)
"This decay of Hinayana Buddhism in India is well known and led to the removal of
the Buddhist patriarchate from India to China in AD 520.1T The view of Dr. ..."
2. Studies in Japanese Buddhism by August Karl Reischauer (1917)
"These divisions and subdivisions are what is meant by the so-called eighteen or
twenty sects of Hinayana Buddhism which were in existence at the time of the ..."
3. China; an Interpretation: An Interpretation by James Whitford Bashford (1919)
"This decay of Hinayana Buddhism in India is well known and led to the removal of
the Buddhist patriarchate from India to China in AD 520. ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"... with no less than four hundred million believers; and Hinayana Buddhism prevails
in Ceylon, Burmah, and Siam, with nearly ten million adherents. ..."
5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1919)
"Mahayana declares that all religions are revela- 2 For a description of the
traditional life of the Buddha, see any standard work on Hinayana Buddhism, ..."
6. The Hartford Seminary Record by Hartford Theological Seminary (1906)
"These three ways nearly coincide with each other, because Southern Buddhism,
Primitive Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism are practically identical; ..."
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