The Sautrāntika or Sūtravāda (, Suttavāda in Pali; ; ; ) was an early Buddhist school generally believed to be descended from the Sthavira Nikāya by way of their immediate parent school, the Sarvāstivādins. While they are identified as a unique doctrinal tendency, they were part of the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya lineage of monastic ordination.
The Sautrāntika or Sūtravāda (, Suttavāda in Pali; ; ; ) was an early Buddhist school generally believed to be descended from the Sthavira Nikāya by way of their immediate parent school, the Sarvāstivādins. While they are identified as a unique doctrinal tendency, they were part of the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya lineage of monastic ordination.
Their name means literally "the conclusions of the sūtras" where sūtra is lengthened into the vṛddhi derivative sautra, and combined with the word anta, meaning end or conclusion, with a final nominal marker ika (compare with the term Vedānta), meaning their philosophy is derived from the sūtras. As stated by the commentator Yasomitra, they hold the sūtras, but not the Abhidharma commentaries (śāstras), as authoritative. The views of this group first appear in the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya of Vasubandhu.
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