English
Etymology
Transliteration of Pali theravāda, inherited from Sanskrit स्थविरवाद (sthaviravāda, literally “doctrine of the elders”), from स्थविर (sthavira, “elder”) + वाद (vāda, “doctrine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtɛrəˈvɑːdə/, /ˌθɛrəˈvɑːdə/
Proper noun
Theravada
- (Buddhism) The oldest surviving school of Buddhism based on the earliest recorded teachings of the historical Buddha found in the Pali canon, widely practised in Southeast Asia.
- Coordinate term: Mahayana
Translations
school of Buddhism
- Bengali: থেরবাদ (bn) (therbad)
- Bulgarian: тхеравада (theravada)
- Burmese: ထေရဝါဒ (my) (htera.wada.)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小乘佛教 (zh) (Xiǎochéng Fójiào), 南傳佛教 / 南传佛教 (zh) (Nánchuán Fójiào), 上座部佛教 (zh) (Shàngzuòbù Fójiào)
- Esperanto: Teravado
- Hindi: थेरवाद m (thervād), स्थविरवाद m (sthavirvād)
- Hungarian: théraváda
- Indonesian: Therawada
- Irish: Teireaváda m
- Isan: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: 上座部 (jōzabu)
- Khmer: ថេរវាទ (theeriəviət)
- Lao: ເຖລະວາດ (thē la wāt)
- Lü: please add this translation if you can
- Malayalam: ഥേരാവാദ ബുദ്ധമതം (thērāvāda buddhamataṁ), സ്ഥവിരവാദം (sthaviravādaṁ)
- Marathi: थेरवाद m (thervād), स्थविरवाद m (sthavirvād)
- Nepali: थेरवाद m (theravād), स्थविरवाद m (sthaviravād)
- Polish: therawada (pl) f
- Portuguese: teravada m
- Sanskrit: स्थविरवाद m (sthaviravāda)
- Shan: please add this translation if you can
- Tamil: தேரவாதம் (tēravātam), ஸ்தவிரவாதம் (staviravātam)
- Telugu: థేరవాదం (thēravādaṁ)
- Thai: เถรวาท (th) (těe-rá-wâat)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: Thượng toạ bộ
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Noun
Theravada (plural Theravadas)
- A Buddhist of this particular school.
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