Tamrashatiya
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Tibetan | གོས་དམར་སྡེ་ (Wylie: gos dmar sde) (THL: gö mar dé) |
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The Tāmraśāṭīya (
Theravāda
tradition has its origins in this school.
Its sutras were written mainly in
Pali canon of Buddhism largely borrowed from this school.[1] The Tāmraśāṭīya is also known as the Southern transmission or Mahaviharavasin tradition.[1][2] This contrasts with Sarvastivada or the 'Northern transmission', which was mostly written in Sanskrit and translated into Chinese and Tibetic languages.[1]
The Tamrashatiya tradition developed into Theravada Buddhism and spread into Myanmar, Thailand, and other parts of Southeast Asia.[2]
Etymology
Several etymologies are given for the name of this school.
Tāmra is a Sanskrit term referring to the color of red copper, describing the color of the
Tripitaka was written.[3]
Tāmraparṇi was also an old name for Sri Lanka, and the origin of the Greek equivalent Taprobana, possibly referring to the monks who established Buddhism here.[4]
Branches
The Tāmraśāṭīya school was established in modern-day
South-East Asia
.
The school survived in Sri Lanka and established three main branches:[5]
- Theravāda
- Vajrayāna doctrine[6]
- Jetavana Vihāra, branched from the Abhayagiri Vihāra in the third century.
According to the
Mahavamsa the latter two traditions were suppressed and destroyed after the Mahāvihāra tradition gained political power.[7]
See also
- Vibhajyavāda
- Sarvastivada
- Theravada
- Southern, Eastern and Northern Buddhism (Tāmraśāṭīya is sometimes thought of as the "Southern transmission" or "Southern Buddhism")
Further reading
- Cousins, Lance (2001), On the Vibhajjavādins, Buddhist Studies Review 18 (2), 131-182
Citations
- ^ a b c Hahn, Thich Nhat (2015). The Heart of Buddha's Teachings. Harmony. pp. 13–16.
- ^ a b "History of Buddhism – Xuanfa Institute". Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ISSN 2047-1076.
- ^ 赤沼智善『印度佛教固有名詞辭典』1967, 679頁; Renou, L'Inde classique, 1947『インド学大事典』1981, 466; B. C. Law, Geography of early Buddhism, 1973, 70頁
- ^ 慧日佛學班．第5期課程"印度佛教史"
- ^ Abhayagirivasins
- ^ The Mahavamsa Chapter XXXVII King Mahasena
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