Dharmaguptaka Vinaya

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The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya is a foundational Buddhist monastic code, preserved in Chinese translation, that governs the discipline and ordination procedures of many East Asian monastic communities.

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Vinaya of Dharmaguptaka school 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monastic code
Vinaya
scriptural text
associatedWith Dharmaguptaka Nikaya NERFINISHED
canonicalPlacement Vinaya-pitaka NERFINISHED
contains Pratimoksha rules for bhikshunis
Pratimoksha rules for bhikshus
procedures for ordination
procedures for sangha governance
rules on communal ceremonies
rules on confession and expiation
rules on robes and requisites
genre monastic law code
geographicalInfluence China NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Korea NERFINISHED
Taiwan NERFINISHED
Vietnam NERFINISHED
influenced Mahayana monastic practice in East Asia
languageOfPreservation Classical Chinese
ordinationLineage Dharmaguptaka ordination lineage
originalLanguage Gandhari NERFINISHED
Prakrit
partOf Chinese Buddhist Canon NERFINISHED
preservedAs Chinese translation in the Taishō Tripiṭaka
primaryFunction ordination procedures
regulation of monastic discipline
relatedWork Mulasarvastivada Vinaya NERFINISHED
Pali Vinaya NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
roleInOrdination normative code for full ordination in East Asia
scripturalCollection Tripitaka NERFINISHED
status dominant Vinaya lineage in East Asian Buddhism
subject Buddhist ethics
monastic discipline
sangha organization
TaishoNumber T1428
timeOfTranslation 4th century
5th century
tradition Dharmaguptaka school NERFINISHED
translationLanguage Chinese
usedBy Chinese Buddhist monastic communities
East Asian Buddhist monastic communities
Japanese Buddhist monastic communities
Korean Buddhist monastic communities
Taiwanese Buddhist monastic communities
Vietnamese Buddhist monastic communities

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Chinese Buddhism hasMonasticCode Dharmaguptaka Vinaya
East Asian Buddhism hasOrdinationLineage Dharmaguptaka Vinaya
this entity surface form: Vinaya of Dharmaguptaka school