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Sarvastivada
Sign in to savethumb|Seated Buddha from the Sarvāstivādin monastery of Tapa Shotor, 2nd century CE
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23 sectionsContents
- Name
- Origination and history
- Early history
- Kushan era
- Tarim Basin
- Doctrine
- Sub-schools
- Vaibhāṣika
- Dārṣṭāntika and Sautrāntika
- Mūlasarvāstivādins
- Texts
- Vinaya
- Āgamas
- Abhidharma
- Later Abhidharma manuals
- Appearance and language
- Appearance
- Language
- Influence
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Seated Buddha from the Sarvāstivādin monastery of Tapa Shotor, 2nd century CE
The Sarvāstivāda (; ; ; ) was one of the early Buddhist schools established around the reign of Ashoka (third century BCE). It was particularly known as an Abhidharma tradition, with a unique set of seven canonical Abhidharma texts.