▁" small ▁vehicle " ▁( 小 ▁meaning ▁" small ", ▁ <0xE4> <0xB9> <0x98> ▁meaning ▁" ve h icle "), ▁although ▁earlier ▁and ▁more ▁accurate ▁transl ations ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁also ▁exist . ▁In ▁Mong ol ian ▁( B aga ▁Hol gon ) ▁the ▁term ▁for ▁hin ay ana ▁also ▁means ▁" small " ▁or ▁" less er " ▁vehicle , ▁while ▁in ▁Tib et an ▁there ▁are ▁at ▁least ▁two ▁words ▁to ▁design ate ▁the ▁term , ▁the g ▁ch ung ▁meaning ▁" small ▁vehicle " ▁and ▁the g ▁d man ▁meaning ▁" in fer ior ▁vehicle " ▁or ▁" in fer ior ▁spiritual ▁approach ". ▁ ▁Th r angu ▁R in po che ▁has ▁emphas ized ▁that ▁hin ay ana ▁is ▁in ▁no ▁way ▁imp lying ▁" in fer ior ". ▁In ▁his ▁translation ▁and ▁comment ary ▁of ▁As anga ' s ▁Dist ingu ishing ▁D har ma ▁from ▁D harm ata , ▁he ▁writes , ▁" all ▁three ▁trad itions ▁of ▁hin ay ana , ▁ma h ay ana , ▁and ▁v aj ray ana ▁were ▁pract iced ▁in ▁Tib et ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁hin ay ana ▁which ▁literally ▁means ▁" less er ▁vehicle " ▁is ▁in ▁no ▁way ▁inferior ▁to ▁the ▁ma h ay ana ." ▁ ▁Orig ins ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Jan ▁N att ier , ▁it ▁is ▁most ▁likely ▁that ▁the ▁term ▁H ī n ay ā na ▁post dates ▁the ▁term ▁Mah ā y ā na ▁and ▁was ▁only ▁added ▁at ▁a ▁later ▁date ▁due ▁to