Pāli Dictionary

theravāda

therastemvādastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • 上座部；上座部仏教；南伝仏教

  • the Theravāda; the doctrine of the elders; Southern Buddhism; the school of the elders

general

  • 長老の説；上座の言葉；確固たる主張

  • the statements of elders; what the elders say; a statement of assurance or doctrinal certainty

  • MN 36

    so kho ahaṃ, aggivessana, tāvataken'eva oṭṭhapahatamattena lapitalāpanamattena ñāṇavādañ'ca vadāmi theravādañ'ca, jānāmi passāmī'ti ca paṭijānāmi, ahañ'c'eva aññe ca.

Encyclopedia

Theravāda
Text

  • ラージャガハ結集で長老たちが編纂した仏典に与えられた名で、後に他の十七の部派が分かれ出た最も正統な伝統とみなされる

  • The name given to the Buddhist Canon as compiled by the Elders at the Rājagaha Council, regarded as the most orthodox tradition from which seventeen other schools later branched off.

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