Sarvastivada school

E520871
early Buddhist school

The Sarvastivada school was an influential early Buddhist tradition known for its extensive Abhidharma scholarship and the doctrine that all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Sarvastivada 2
Dharmaguptaka school 1
Sarvāstivāda school 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early Buddhist school ⓘ
abhidharmaText Dharmaskandha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dhātukāya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jñānaprasthāna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahāvibhāṣā NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prajñapti-śāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prakaraṇapāda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saṃgītiparyāya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vijñānakāya NERFINISHED ⓘ
alternativeName Sarvastivadin school NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarvāstivāda NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedSubSchool Sautrāntika NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vaibhāṣika NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalCollection Sarvastivada Tripitaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalSection Abhidharma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sutra ⓘ
Vinaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreDoctrine all dharmas exist in the past, present, and future ⓘ
analysis of reality into dharmas ⓘ
distinction between conditioned and unconditioned dharmas ⓘ
real existence of dharmas in the three times ⓘ
doctrinalDebateTopic nature of person (pudgala) and dharma ⓘ
ontological status of dharmas in the three times ⓘ
doctrinalOpponent Mahāsāṃghika school NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theravāda school NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymology name means “the doctrine that all exists” ⓘ
geographicCenter Gandhāra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northwest India NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Abhidharma-kośa of Vasubandhu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinese Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ
Sautrāntika school NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibetan Abhidharma traditions ⓘ
Vaibhāṣika Abhidharma tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yogācāra school NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor detailed classification of dharmas ⓘ
extensive Abhidharma scholarship ⓘ
systematic scholasticism ⓘ
preservedIn Chinese Buddhist canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhist canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfSpread Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kucha NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
scripturalLanguage Gandhari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prakrits ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
timePeriod flourished in the centuries before and after the Common Era ⓘ
prominent in the Kushan period ⓘ
vinayaTradition Sarvastivada Vinaya NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fourth Buddhist Council (Kanishka) → associatedWith → Sarvastivada school ⓘ
Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts → associatedWith → Sarvastivada school ⓘ
Āgamas → associatedWith → Sarvastivada school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarvāstivāda school
Āgamas → associatedWith → Sarvastivada school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmaguptaka school
Indian Buddhism → hasSchool → Sarvastivada school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarvastivada
Sthavira Nikaya → influenced → Sarvastivada school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarvastivada