Sanskrit term for Lesser Vehicle

"Inferior Vehicle," a pejorative term, coined by a group who called themselves followers of the Mahayana, the "Great Vehicle," to denote the path of practice of tho [..]

one of the two major divisions of Buddhism; prevalent in Southeast Asia

"Inferior Vehicle," originally a pejorative term -- coined by a group who called themselves followers of the Mahayana, the "Great Vehicle" -- to denote the path of practice of those who adhered only to the earliest discourses as the word of the Buddha. Hinayanists refused to recognize the later discours [..]

(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 L [..]

From Sanskrit and Pali, a term used incorrectly to describe the introductory level of spiritual instruction, and is often mistranslated to mean "smaller vehicle." The Sanskrit components are yana, "vehicle" and hina "despicable," thus the literal definition is “vehicle of despicable quality.” This is a very disparaging [..]

(S) 'Lesser Vehicle': word used by the Mahayana or 'Greater Vehicle' (q.v.) to describe the Theravada (q.v.): sometimes regarded as derogatory. Hindrances