Pāli Dictionary

theravāda

therastemvādastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • 上座部；上座部佛教；南传佛教；长老之说（指上座部传承或部派）

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

general

  • 长老之言；上座之说；坚固确定的主张（早期经文用语）

  • 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

  • 王舍城结集诸长老所编纂的佛教三藏之名称，被视为最正统的传承，后世十七个部派皆由此分出。

  • 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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