Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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mahāsaṅghikā
  1. mahā

    great; large; vast; powerful; eminent; noble (used chiefly as the masculine nominative singular of mahanta and as the first member of compounds)

  2. saṅghikāsaṅghika

    belonging to the Sangha; belonging to the monastic community

Encyclopedia

Mahāsaṅghikā
Other

  • One of the early Buddhist schools that split from the Theravādins at the Second Council, distinguished by its rejection of certain canonical texts and later giving rise to several further sub-schools.

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