84000 Glossary of Terms

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མདོ་སྡེ་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • མདོ་སྡེ་པ།

  • mdo sde pa
  • sūtrānta
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • Sautrāntika
  • མདོ་སྡེ་པ།
  • mdo sde pa
  • sūtrānta AS
Definition in this text:

An early Buddhist philosophical school that was part of the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya lineage, they held the sūtras to be authoritative, as opposed to the Abhidharma śāstras.