Navayāna (Devanagari: नवयान, IAST: Navayāna, meaning "New Vehicle"), otherwise known as Navayāna Buddhism, refers to the socially engaged school of Buddhism founded and developed by the Indian jurist, social reformer, and scholar B. R. Ambedkar; it is also called Neo-Buddhism and Ambedkarite Buddhism. Its members describe the school as the application of Buddhist principles for the welfare of many.
Navayāna (Devanagari: नवयान, IAST: Navayāna, meaning "New Vehicle"), otherwise known as Navayāna Buddhism, refers to the socially engaged school of Buddhism founded and developed by the Indian jurist, social reformer, and scholar B. R. Ambedkar; it is also called Neo-Buddhism and Ambedkarite Buddhism. Its members describe the school as the application of Buddhist principles for the welfare of many.
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