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Abhidharma
(Skt.; Pāli, Abhidhamma). Term meaning ‘higher doctrine’ and denoting the scholastic analysis of religious teachings. The earliest Abhidharma material was composed over several centuries beginning ...
Dīgha-bhāṇaka
Name given to those monks who specialized in the recitation of the Dīgha Nikāya, the first section of the Sūtra Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon. This tradition ascribed the Khuddaka Nikāya, minus the last ...
mātṛkā
(Skt.; Pāli, mātikā). A rubric or tabulated summary of contents used in the philosophical sections of the books of the Abhidharma Piṭaka. Originally a Vinaya term, used in the singular (Pāli, ...
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