Sthavira school

C63030
concept

The Sthavira school was an early Buddhist monastic community that emphasized strict adherence to original teachings and discipline, eventually giving rise to several later Theravāda and other conservative traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Early Buddhist school 1
Sthavira school canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Sthavira school
Generated description
The Sthavira school was an early Buddhist monastic community that emphasized strict adherence to original teachings and discipline, eventually giving rise to several later Theravāda and other conservative traditions.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Dharmaguptaka
Kasyapiya Early Buddhist school