Tamrashatiya

Translations of
Tāmraśāṭīya
SanskritTāmraparṇīya
Tāmraśāṭīya
PaliTambapaṇṇiya
Chinese赤銅鍱部
(Pinyin: Chìtóngyèbù)
紅衣部
(Pinyin: Hóngyībù
)
Japanese赤銅鍱部しゃくどうようぶ
(Rōmaji: Shakudōyōbu)
紅衣部こういぶ
(romaji: Kōibu
)
Korean적동섭부
(RR: Jeogdongseobbu)
Tibetanགོས་དམར་སྡེ་
(Wylie: gos dmar sde)
(THL: gö mar dé
)
VietnameseXích Đồng Diệp Bộ
Glossary of Buddhism

The Tāmraśāṭīya (Sanskrit: ताम्रशाटीय, Tāmraśāṭīya), also called Tāmraparṇīya (Sanskrit; Pali: Tambapaṇṇiya) was one of the early schools of Buddhism and a branch of the Vibhajyavāda school based in Sri Lanka. It is thought that the Theravāda tradition has its origins in this school.

Its sutras were written mainly in Pali; and the 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]

  1. ^ a b c Hahn, Thich Nhat (2015). The Heart of Buddha's Teachings. Harmony. pp. 13–16.
  2. ^ a b "History of Buddhism – Xuanfa Institute". Retrieved 2019-06-23.

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