Sthaviravada, Sthaviravāda, Sthavira-vada, Sthavira-vāda: 1 definition
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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSthaviravāda (ಸ್ಥವಿರವಾದ):—[noun] Hinayāna, of the two major schools of Buddhism.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Vada, Sthavira, Vata.
Full-text: Mahasamghika, Theravada, Pudgalavada, Sautrantika.
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