- The
Sthavira nikāya (Sanskrit "Sect of the Elders"; Chinese: 上座部; pinyin: Shàngzuò Bù) was one of the
early Buddhist schools. They
split from the majority...
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eighteen early Buddhist schools (in
approximate chronological order):
Sthaviravada, Mahasamghika, Vatsiputriya, Ekavyavaharika,
Gokulika (a.k.a. ****kutika...
- The term Nikāya
Buddhism was
coined by
Masatoshi Nagatomifake as a non-derogatory
substitute for Hinayana,
meaning the
early Buddhist schools. Examples...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Theravada (Pali: "Way of the Elders"; Sanskrit,
Sthaviravada)
emerged as one of the
Hinayana (Sanskrit: "Lesser Vehicle") schools...
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classifies the four
levels according to the levels' attainments. In the
Sthaviravada and
Theravada traditions,
which teach that
progress in understanding...
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Buddhist community split into two branches: the Mahāsāṃghika and the
Sthaviravāda, each of
which spread throughout India and
split into
numerous sub-sects...
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Mental factors (Sanskrit: चैतसिक, romanized: caitasika or
chitta samskara चित्त संस्कार; Pali: cetasika; Tibetan: སེམས་བྱུང sems byung), in Buddhism, are...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Theravada (Pali: "Way of the Elders"; Sanskrit,
Sthaviravada)
emerged as one of the
Hinayana (Sanskrit: "Lesser Vehicle") schools...
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Buddhism in
Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. Pāli: theravāda Sanskrit:
sthaviravāda Bur: ထေရဝါဒ
hterawada (IPA: [tʰèɹa̰wàda̰] or [tʰèja̰wàda̰]) Khmer: ថេរវាទ...
- of Devadatta, but in a way that is
different from the
vinayas of the
Sthaviravāda branch.
According to this study, the
earliest Vinaya material common...
