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- of Buddhism's oldest existing schools. The school's adherents, termed Theravādins (anglicized from Pali theravādī), have preserved their version of Gautama...
- Buddhaghosa was a 5th-century Sinhalese Theravādin Buddhist commentator, translator, and philosopher. He worked in the great monastery (mahāvihāra) at...
- of decorum for monks, along with penalties for transgression, in the Theravadin tradition. The precise content of the Vinaya Pitaka (scriptures on the...
- century, the Theravādins of the Mahāvihāra in Sri Lanka attempted to identify themselves with the original Sthavira sect. The Theravādin Dīpavaṃsa clarifies...
- Canon contains material which is at odds with later Theravādin orthodoxy. He states that "the Theravādins, then, may have added texts to the Canon for some...
- support and patronage to the Abhayagiri Theravādins, and travelers such as Faxian saw the Abhayagiri Theravādins as the main Buddhist tradition in Sri Lanka...
- General Butprast Dhimmi (non-Muslims) Heathen Jahiliyyah Kafir Infidel Pagan Theravādins Hīnayāna Non-Mahāyānists Hīnayāna...
- Vehicle") schools, traditionally numbered at 18, of early Buddhism. The Theravadins trace their lineage to the Sthaviravada school, one of the two major...
- seventeenth century in south India, and in Sri Lanka they became the Theravadins. The Vibhajyavādins rejected the Sarvāstivāda claim that all dhammas...
- modern era, only the Abhidharma texts of the Sarvāstivādins and the Theravādins have survived as complete collections, each consisting of seven books...