English
Hinayana
Hinayana comes from Sanskrit हीनयान.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEहीनयान
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Hinayana
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEहीनयान
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Hinayana
Earliest quotation: 1979, Ward J. Fellows, Religions East and West: “Do it yourself" is a modern phrase which expresses…”
Every English word from Sanskrit हीनयान
Today it means
name Theravada Buddhism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit हीनयान / Hinayana