Pāli Dictionary

theravāda

therastemvādastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • 상좌부; 상좌부 불교; 남방 불교

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

general

  • 장로의 말; 장로의 설; 확고한 주장

  • 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

  • 라자가하 결집에서 장로들이 편찬한 불전에 붙여진 이름으로, 훗날 다른 열일곱 부파가 갈라져 나온 가장 정통적인 전통으로 여겨진다

  • 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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