Ereyga "Hinayana" waa erey Buddhist ah oo inta badan loo isticmaalo tixraaca mid ka mid ah labada laamood ee ugu muhiimsan Buddhism, kan kalena waa Mahayana. Erayga "Hinayana" wuxuu ka yimid Sanskrit waxaana badanaa loo tarjumaa "baabuur ka yar" ama "baabuur yar." ee Gautama Buddha, Buddha taariikhiga ah. Dugsiyadan hore, oo sidoo kale loo yaqaan Nikaya ama Theravada, ayaa loo tixgeliyaa inay matalaan laanta dhaqameed ee Buddhism-ka, taas oo xoogga saaraysa dadaalka shakhsi ahaaneed iyo is-xoreynta taasoo macnaheedu yahay in lagu gaaro iftiinka ama ka xoraynta wareegga dhalashada iyo dhimashada (samsara) . "Baabuur ka yar" Hinayana. Sidaa darteed, waxaa guud ahaan lagu talinayaa in la isticmaalo ereyga "Theravada" ama "Nikaya" marka la tixraacayo laanta Budhiismka, maadaama loo tixgeliyo ixtiraam iyo saxsanaan badan.