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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.
Buddhism. The Mahasthabir Nikaya is a Bengali order of Buddhist monks. They were anti-reformists and anti-foreign influence who attempted to replace the movement led by Saramitra Mahasthabir ("Saramedha Mahathera" in Pali), which led to the formation of the Sangharaj Nikaya in 1864.
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List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas Bhikkhu Bodhi in the introduction to his translation describes the collection as follows: The 152 discourses come in three parts each with five divisions. All divisions save the penultimate contain 10 discourses.
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1. Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi (trans.), The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, 1995, Somerville: Wisdom Publications ISBN 0-86171-072-X. 2. Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan translated Majjhima Nikaya from Prakrit to Hindi. 3. Lord Chalmers, trans. (1898–1926), Further Dialogues of the Buddha, 1926–7, vol.1, vol. 2, London: Pali Text Society. Reprint: Ann Arbor: Books on Demand, University of Michigan. 4. I.B. Horner (trans.), The Book of Middle...
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1. A Treasury of the Buddha's Words, tr Nanamoli, revised Khantipalo, Bangkok; later revised & expanded to give MLDB above 2. Twenty-Five Suttas from Mula-Pannasa, Burma Pitaka Association, Rangoon, 1986?; reprinted Sri Satguru, Delhi 3. Twenty-Five Suttas from Majjhima-Pannasa, Myanmar Pitaka Association, Rangoon, 1987; reprinted Sri Satguru, Delhi 4. Twenty-Five Suttas from Upari-Pannasa, Myanmar Pitaka Association, Rangoon, 1988?; reprinted Sri Satguru, Delhi
The Maha Nikaya is the largest order of Theravada Buddhist monks in Thailand . The identification of the Maha Nikaya as a single, discrete, entity is an innovation of the Thai state.
Maha Dwara Nikaya (Burmese: မဟာဒွာရနိကာယ, IPA: [məhà dwàɹa̰ nḭkàja̰]); also spelt Maha Dwaya Nikaya or Mahādvāra Nikāya, is a small monastic order of monks in Myanmar (Burma), primarily in Lower Myanmar. This order is very conservative with respect to Vinaya regulations.
Nikāya ( निकाय) is a Pāli word meaning "volume". It is often used like the Sanskrit word āgama ( आगम) to mean "collection", "assemblage", "class" or "group" in both Pāḷi and Sanskrit. [1] It is most commonly used in reference to the Pali Buddhist texts of the Tripitaka namely those found in the Sutta Piṭaka.
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. In this context, nikāya is most commonly used to refer to the suttas of the Pali Canon, which are referred to ...
