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1. n. a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts Source: wordnet
2. n. 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 Source: wordnet
3. n. a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts n. 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 Source: ecdict

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buddhism Asia conservative died early efforts india major name offensive personal regions salvation school southwestern survived taken teaching Theravada there

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Hinayana Buddhism Hinayanism Hinayanist

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