time of the Second Buddhist council. The Sthavira nikāya was one of the early Buddhist schools. The Sthavira nikāya split away from the majority Mahāsāṃghikas...

Mahāyāna texts within these Mahāsāṃghika nikāyas. In the Sthavira nikāya, the Sarvāstivādins were a major nikāya. The Sarvāstivādin Mahāvibhāṣā Śāstra is...

not found in the canonical scriptures. Theravāda derives from Indian Sthavira nikāya (an early Buddhist school). This tradition later began to develop significantly...

Siam Nikāya of Sri Lanka), because of differences in the interpretation of the monastic code, or due to other factors (such as the Amarapura Nikāya in Sri...

term applied generally to groups of early Buddhists belonging to the Sthavira Nikāya, which split from the Mahāsāṃghika (due either to the former attempting...

(janapada) of Avanti, where the Sthavira nikāya was centered. Following the initial split in the Buddhist community, the Sthavira nikāya became influential in Western...

surviving school out of the Early Buddhist schools, being derived from the Sthavira Nikāya via the Sri Lankan Mahavihara tradition. East Asian Mahāyāna ("Great...

and also refers to a group of Nikaya Buddhist schools (mainly known as Vātsīputrīyas) that arose from the Sthavira nikāya. The school is believed to have...

result was the first schism in the Sangha between the Sthavira nikāya and the Mahāsāṃghika nikāya, although it is not agreed upon by all what the cause...

early Buddhist school generally believed to be descended from the Sthavira nikāya by way of their immediate parent school, the Sarvāstivādins. While...

Plain. The area is said to have supported some 500 viharas of the Sthavira nikāya, at which traveling monks were provided lodgings and food for three...

which welcomes all communities while being a Siyam Nikaya subsect). Amarapura Nikāya Rāmañña Nikāya Anne M. Blackburn, 2001, Buddhist learning and textual...

prevalent. According to some accounts, the Sarvāstivādins emerged from the Sthavira nikāya, a small group of conservatives, who split from the reformist majority...

death." The first post-schismatic groups are often stated to be the Sthavira nikāya and the Mahāsāṃghika. Eventually, eighteen different schools came into...

analysts") school, which was a division of the Sthāvira Nikāya, one of the Indian early Buddhist schools. The Sthāviras had emerged from the first schism in the...

Nikayas throughout the Thai areas that were lumped together as the "Maha Nikāya". In Cambodia, a similar situation exists. The Dhammayuttika Nikāya was...

David-Néel Alobha Alodawpyi Pagoda Aluvihare Rock Temple Amarapura Nikaya Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya Amara Sinha Amaravati Buddhist Monastery Amaravati Stupa Ambagahawatte...

Maha Dwara Nikaya (Burmese: မဟာဒွာရနိကာယ, IPA: [məhà dwàɹa̰ nḭkàja̰]); also spelt Maha Dwaya Nikaya or Mahādvāra Nikāya, is a small monastic order of monks...

Shwegyin Nikāya (Burmese: ရွှေကျင်နိကာယ; MLCTS: Hrwekyang Ni.kaya., IPA: [ʃwèdʑɪ́ɰ̃ nḭkàja̰]; also spelt Shwekyin Nikāya) is the second largest monastic...

between the Sthavira nikāya and the Mahāsāṃghikas, although it is not agreed upon by all what the cause of this split was. The Sthaviras gave birth to...

first four Pāli Nikāyas, the Patimokkha (basic list of monastic rules) and other Vinaya material as well as some parts of the Khuddaka Nikāya (mainly Sutta...

tradition." These schools are the Mahāsāṃghika Nikāya, Sthavira nikāya, Mūlasarvāstivāda Nikāya, and Saṃmitīya Nikāya. Explaining their doctrinal affiliations...

Bodhisattva's path, in the first "path of preparation" (sambhāramarga). The Sthavira nikāya, one of the early Buddhist schools from which the Theravāda tradition...

Tāmraśāṭīya), also called Tāmraparṇīya (Sanskrit; Pali: Tambapaṇṇiya) or Theriya Nikāya (Pali), was one of the early schools of Buddhism and a branch of the Vibhajyavāda...

tradition." These schools are namely the Mahāsāṃghika nikāya, Sthavira, Mūlasarvāstivāda and Saṃmitīya nikāyas. Explaining their doctrinal affiliations, he then...

nikayas (collections) of suttas: Digha Nikāya (dīghanikāya), the "long" discourses. Majjhima Nikāya, the "middle-length" discourses. Saṁyutta Nikāya (saṃyutta-)...

Dhammayuttika Nikāya (Pali; Thai: ธรรมยุติกนิกาย; RTGS: Thammayuttika Nikai; Khmer: ធម្មយុត្តិកនិកាយ, Thômmôyŭttĕkâ Nĭkay), or Dhammayut Order (Thai: คณะธรรมยุต)...

Thudhamma Nikaya (Burmese: သုဓမ္မာနိကာယ, IPA: [θudəma̰ nḭkàja̰]; also spelt Sudhammā Nikāya) is the largest monastic order of monks in Burma. It is one...

Buddhist schools from which Theravādins trace their school's descent. The Sthāvira nikāya emerged from the first schism in the Buddhist sangha (literally "Community")...

Xuanzang visited this region he noted that most Buddhists belonged to the Sthavira nikāya school which is also the school that Majjhantika belonged to. Buddhism...