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Theravāda {pi}


Pāḷi; √ Theravāda
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alt. sp.: IPA: t̪ʰeːɾəʋɑːd̪ə, Velthuis: Theravaada, readable: theravaada, simple: Theravada
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khmer: ថេរវាទ
thai: เถรวาท
sinhal.: ථේරවාද
burm.: ထေရဝါဒ
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ATI Glossary

Theravāda: The “Doctrine of the Elders” — the only one of the early schools of Buddhism to have survived into the present; currently the dominant form of Buddhism in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Burma. See also Hīnayāna. [ more ]

 

Buddhist Dictionary

by late Ven. Nyanalokita Thera:

Theravāda:1) 'Doctrine of the Elders', is a name of the oldest form of the Buddha's teachings, handed down to us in the Pāḷi language. According to tradition, its name is derived from the fact of having been fixed by 500 holy Elders of the Order, soon after the death of the Master.

Theravāda is the only one of the old schools of Buddhism that has survived among those which Mahāyānists have called 'Hinayāna'. It is sometimes called Southern Buddhism or Pāḷi Buddhism. It is found today in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Chittagong (East Bengal. ) - Cf. F. Guide, p. 60.

 

PTS Dictionary

by the Pali Text Society:

 

Glossary Thanissaro

Theravāda: The “Teachings of the Elders” — the only one of the early schools of Buddhism to have survived into the present; currently the dominant form of Buddhism in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Burma.

 

Illustrated Glossary of Pāli Terms

by Ven. Varado Maha Thera:

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Glossary various Teacher

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See also

Suttas and Dhammadesanā

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Appendix: This term was already used by the Buddha himself in speaking of the doctrine of Ālāra-kālāma (see MN 26). As a name for the Buddha's doctrine it belongs to the commentarial literature.
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