Pāli Dictionary

theravāda

therastemvādastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • 上座部；上座部佛教；南傳佛教；長老之說（指上座部傳承或部派）

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

general

  • 長老之言；上座之說；堅固確定的主張（早期經文用語）

  • 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

  • 王舍城結集諸長老所編纂的佛教三藏之名稱，被視為最正統的傳承，後世十七個部派皆由此分出。

  • 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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