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Noun: Hinayana Buddhism
  1. 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
    - Hinayana

Type of: Theravada, Theravada Buddhism

Encyclopedia: Hinayana Buddhism

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