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Definition[1]

The half and the complete doctrines: i. e. Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

===(術語)涅槃經以梵書之悉曇章阿阿(引)等半體字譬小乘經,毘伽羅論之成字譬大乘之經典。曇無讖三藏依之判一代教立半滿之二教。謂小乘為半字教,大乘為滿字教也。大乘義章一曰:「此二亦名大乘小乘半滿教也。聲聞藏法狹劣名小,未窮名半。菩薩藏法寬廣名大,圓極名滿。」華嚴玄談四曰:「曇無讖三藏立半滿教,隋遠法師亦同此立。」止觀三曰:「明半滿,半者明九部法也,滿者明十二部法也。(中略)半滿之語直是扶成大小。」同輔行曰:「半唯在小,永隔於大。方等則具存半滿,般若法華涅槃華嚴唯滿不半,鹿苑唯半不滿。」

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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