Theravāda
TextDer Name, der dem buddhistischen Kanon gegeben wurde, wie er von den Ältesten auf dem Konzil von Rājagaha zusammengestellt wurde, angesehen als die orthodoxeste Tradition, von der sich später siebzehn weitere Schulen abspalteten
The name given to the Buddhist Canon as compiled by the Elders at the Rājagaha Council (Mhv.iii.40).
It was considered the most orthodox; from it seventeen other schools branched off from time to time in later ages, as a result of schisms in the Order (Mhv.v.1 f).
The followers of the Theravāda are called Theravādins (e.g., Cv.xxxviii.37) and their succession, Theravaṃsa (e.g., Cv.lii.46; liv.46).
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