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Mahsghika Ekavyvahrika Lokottaravda Bahurutya Prajaptivda CaitikaSthaviravda Mahsaka Dharmaguptaka Kyapya Sarvstivda Vibhajyavda Theravda

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Vibhajyavda (Sanskrit; Pli: Vibhajjavda; traditionalChinese:; pinyin:fnbishu-b) was an earlyBuddhist school or a group of early Buddhist schools.

Contents

1 Nomenclature and etymology

2 History

3 In Theravda traditions4 See also

5 References6 Further reading

7 External links

Nomenclature and etymology

The word Vibhajyavda may be parsed into vibhajya, looselymeaning "dividing", "analyzing" and vda holding the

semantic field: "doctrine", "teachings".[1] According to

Andrew Skilton, the analysis of phenomena (Skt. dharmas)

was the doctrinal emphasis and preoccupation of the

Vibhajyavdins.[2]

History

The Vibhajyavdins are not recorded uniformly by earlyBuddhist traditions as being a distinct sect, nor being

associated with any one period of time.[3] The Theravdin

Kathvatthu does not contain any reference to aVibhajyavda school, but the Sammatyas and theMahsghika do mention the Vibhajyavdins, albeit indifferent ways.

[4] According to the Sammatya sect, theVibhajyavdins developed from the Sarvstivda school.[5] However, the Mahsghikas saw the Vibhajyavdins as being offshootsfrom the root schism in Buddhism, which according to them produced three sects: the Sthaviras, the Mahsghikas, and theVibhajyavdins.[6] The Mahsghikas then list the Mahsaka, Dharmaguptaka, Kyapya, and Tmraparnya sects as havingdescended from the Vibhajyavdins.[7]

The SarvstivdinAbhidharma Mahvibha stra describes the Vibhajyavdins as being the type of heretics who "make objections,

who uphold harmful doctrines and attack those who follow the authentic Dharma".[8][9]

Some scholars believe that there was no separate "Vibhajyavda" sect, but that the term vibhajyavda was sometimes affixed to thename of a school to indicate that it differed from the main school on some doctrines.[10] In this sense, they would be vibhajyavdins of

that particular school.[11] This is also found in the Mahsghika branch with the Prajaptivda school, whose members preferred to becalled Bahurutiya-Vibhajyavdins.[12] It has been suggested that the Theravdins of Sri Lanka may have been Sthavira-Vibhajyavdins, differing somewhat from the main Sthavira school in their doctrinal interpretations.[13]

In Theravda traditions

The Third Buddhist Council, under the leadership of Moggaliputta Tissa emphasized this analytical approach.[citation needed]

Some

sub-divisions of Sthavira school which adopted this approach were regrouped and termed as the followers of Vibhajjavda. Those notincluded in the Vibhajjavda group were the Mahsghikas, Sarvstivda and Sammitya , who were regarded as having the wrongview by the Vibhajjavdins, according to the TheravadinKathavatthu, a work ascribed to Moggaliputta Tissa.

The Theravada tradition holds that after the Third Council, the Vibhajjavdins evolved into four groups: the Mahsaka, Kyapya,Dharmaguptaka, and the Tmraparnya. Theravada is descended from the Tmraparnya, which means 'the Sri Lankan lineage'. On the

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other hand, some sources suggest that Mahsaka, Kyapya and Dharmaguptaka did not evolve directly from the Vibhajjavdins,although an original connection between these groups is posited due to the similarities of their respective Vinayas.

The Vibhajjavadins are claimed to have seen themselves as orthodox Sthaviras.[citation needed]

According to Sinhalese tradition, Buddhism under the name of Vibhajjavda was brought to Sri Lanka by Mahinda, who is believed tobe the son of Emperor Asoka, an event dated by modern scholars to 246 BCE.

See also

Early Buddhist schools

References

^ Skilton, Andrew.A Concise History of Buddhism. 2004. p. 671.

^ Skilton, Andrew.A Concise History of Buddhism. 2004. p. 672.

^ Baruah, Bibhuti.Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 513.

^ Baruah, Bibhuti.Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 514.

^ Baruah, Bibhuti.Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 515.

^ Baruah, Bibhuti.Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 516.

^ Baruah, Bibhuti.Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 517.

^ Baruah, Bibhuti.Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 488.

^ Tripathi, Sridhar.Encyclopaedia of Pali Literature. 2008. p. 1139.^ Dutt, Nalinaksha.Buddhist Sects in India. 1998. p. 21110.

^ Dutt, Nalinaksha.Buddhist Sects in India. 1998. p. 21111.

^ Baruah, Bibhuti.Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 4812.

^ Dutt, Nalinaksha.Buddhist Sects in India. 1998. p. 21113.

Further reading

Lance Cousins, "On the Vibhajjavdins: The Mahimsasaka, Dhammaguttaka, Kassapiya and Tambapanniya brances of the ancientTheriyas",Buddhist Studies Review 18, 2 (2001)Prasad, Chandra Shekhar, "Theravada and Vibhajjavada: A Critical Study of the Two Appellations"'East & WestVol 22 (1972)

External linksThe Buddhist Council (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/councils.htm)

The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary (http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/)

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