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Maha Nikaya. The Mahā Nikāya (literal translation: "great order ") is one of the two principal monastic orders, or fraternities, of modern Thai and Cambodian Buddhism. The term is used to refer to any Theravada monks not within the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, the other principal monastic order.
t. e. Rāmañña Nikāya ( රාමඤ්ඤ නිකාය, also spelled Ramanya Nikaya) was one of the three major Buddhist orders in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1864 when Ambagahawatte Saranankara, [2] returned to Sri Lanka after being ordained by the Neyyadhamma Munivara Sangharaja of Ratnapunna Vihara in Burma.
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Two Sub-Lineages of Thai Theravada Buddhism: Maha Nikaya and Dhammayuttika Nikaya . Maha Nikaya (Great Order) is one of the two principal monastic sub-lineages of modern Thai Buddhism. The other is Dhammayuttika Nikaya (Orthodox Order), which began in 1833 as a reform movement led by Prince Mongkut, son of King Rama II.
Maha Nikaya. "Maha Nikaya" (literal translation: Great Collection) refers to one of the two principal sects of modern Thai Buddhism. The other principle sect is Dhammayuttika Nikaya. Generally, the Dahmayutti Nikaya sect of Theravada Buddhism is more strict than the Maha Nikaya sect.
The Majjhima Nikāya ("Collection of Middle-length Discourses") is a Buddhist scripture collection, the second of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Piṭaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka (lit. "Three Baskets") of Theravada Buddhism.
Nikāya (T. sde; C. bu; J. bu) is a term from the Sanskrit and Pāḷi languages [1] that is translated as "group," "collection," "assemblege," etc. This term is used in the following senses: 1) In reference to collections of sutras.
The Digha Nikaya (P. Dīghanikāya; "Collection of Long Discourses") is the first of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon.