Sarvastivada, Sarvāstivāda, Sarvasti-vada: 11 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan BuddhismSarvāstivāda (सर्वास्तिवाद) refers to one of the Eighteen Sects (of the Vaibhāṣika) [classified as Sarvāstivāda] known in Tibetan as bye brag smra ba'i gyes pa bco brgyad.—Cf. the writings of Vinītadeva (8th century): an Indian scholar and author who was active at the ancient Nalanda university where he produced commentaries on both the Triṃśikā and the Viṃśatikā which survive in Tibetan translation and some Sanskrit fragments.
Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsSarvāstivāda (सर्वास्तिवाद) refers to one of the “Seven Sarvāstivādin Sects” which are known in Tibetan as gzhi thams cad yod par smra ba las gyes pabdun. They are mentioned in the Vaibhāṣika section of the “history of the Śrāvaka philosophical systems”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography (b)Sarvāstivāda (सर्वास्तिवाद) refers to one of the schools of philosophy in Buddhism.—[...] Thus there were three Yānas in Buddhism about 300 A.D. which may approximately be taken as the time of Asaṅga. But against these three Yānas there were four schools of philosophy in Buddhism, namely, the Sarvāstivāda (Sautrāntika), the Vāhyārthabhaṅga (Vaibhāṣika), the Vijñānavāda (Yogācāra), and the Śūnyavāda (Madhyamaka). How these four systems of philosophy were distributed amongst the three Yānas is one of the vital questions of Buddhism.
Source: WikiPedia: BuddhismThe Sarvāstivāda were an early school of Buddhism that held to 'the existence of all dharmas in the past, present and future, the 'three times'.
The Sarvāstivādins were one of the most influential Buddhist monastic groups, flourishing throughout Northwest India, Northern India, and Central Asia. The Sarvāstivādins are believed to have given rise to the Mūlasarvāstivāda sect, although the relationship between these two groups has not yet been fully determined.
etymology: sarvāstivāda (सर्वास्तिवाद; traditional Chinese: 說一切有部; pinyin: Shuō Yīqièyǒu Bù)
In Jainism
Jain philosophy
Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra SuriSarvāstivāda (सर्वास्तिवाद) is another name for Vaibhāṣika—one of the four schools of Buddhism, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 80, l 10]—Vaibhāṣika (or Āryasamitīya or Sarvāstivāda) is the name of one of the four schools of Buddhism, the other three being (i) Sautrāntika, (ii) Yogācāra or Vijñānavāda and (iii) Śūnyavāda or Mādhyamikavāda or Nairātmyavāda. The Vaibhāṣika school is so called as it attaches a very great importance to vibhāṣā, the commentary on Abhidhamma-piṭaka.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySarvāstivāda (सर्वास्तिवाद).—the doctrine that all things are real.
Derivable forms: sarvāstivādaḥ (सर्वास्तिवादः).
Sarvāstivāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarva and astivāda (अस्तिवाद).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySarvāstivāda (सर्वास्तिवाद).—see Ārya-sarv°.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sarvāstivāda (सर्वास्तिवाद):—[=sarvāsti-vāda] [from sarva] m. the doctrine that all things are real (Name of one of the 4 divisions of the Vaibhāṣika system of Buddhism, said to have been founded by Rāhula, son of the great Buddha), [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 157]
2) [v.s. ...] = next, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySarvāstivāda (सर्वास्तिवाद) [Also spelled sarvastivaad]:—(nm) the doctrine that all existence is real; ~[vādī] an adherent or follower of ~[vāda].
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vada, Vaada, Vata.
Starts with: Sarvastivadah.
Ends with: Aryasarvastivada, Mulasarvastivada.
Full-text (+1274): Mulasarvastivada, Vaibhashika, Purna, Ghosha, Kashyapiya, Kantha, Kamaraka, Cancu, Parivasika, Rajasamyuktakanipata, Adhovana, Abhaishajya, Shramanoddeshaka, Samanusarati, Samdhayya, Anyatamanyatama, Samvejayitavya, Ajiva, Otaliya, Kottamalla.
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