Hi|na|ya|na

Hi|na|ya|na «_HEE nuh YAH nuh», noun.

the traditional form of Buddhism, observed chiefly in Burma, Kampuchea, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, that reveres Buddha as a great human teacher but not a divinity; Theravada.

╂[< Sanskrit Hīnayāna (literally) small vehicle]