小乘
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Chinese[edit]
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride | ||
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trad. (小乘) | 小 | 乘 | |
simp. #(小乘) | 小 | 乘 | |
Literally: “small vehicle”. |
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Sanskrit हीनयान (hīnayāna, “lesser vehicle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
小乘
- (Buddhism, originally derogatory, now usually neutral) Hinayana (early Buddhism; Theravada Buddhism)
Usage notes[edit]
- This term is applied by some Mahayana Buddhists, but is not accepted as proper by Theravada Buddhists.
- In 1950 the World Fellowship of Buddhists declared that this term should not be used when referring to any form of Buddhism existing today.
Synonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- 大乘 (Dàchéng, “Mahayana”)
Derived terms[edit]
- 小乘佛教 (Xiǎochéngfójiào)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “小乘” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Further reading[edit]
- 小乘佛教 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Hinayana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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