Hinayanist

American  

[hee-nuh-yah-nist] / ˌhi nəˈyɑ nɪst /

noun

1. a Buddhist of the Hinayana school.

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Etymology

Origin of Hinayanist

First recorded in 1905–10; Hinayan(a) + -ist

Example Sentences

But in Hinayanist Buddhism legend and mythology are ornamental, and edifying, nothing more.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Hinayanist Buddhism became supreme and though we have few details of the conquest we can hardly go wrong in tracing its general lines.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

But our available documents indicate that the Buddhism of southern India was almost entirely Hinayanist, analogous to that of Ceylon and not very sympathetic to the Tamils.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Three Hinayanist schools are frequently mentioned, the Sthaviras, Sarvâstivâdins and Sammitîyas.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Its doctrines, so far as known, were Hinayanist but it was distinguished from cognate schools by holding that the external world can be said to exist and is not merely a continual process of becoming.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir