McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Sarvastivadas, Or Sarvastivadins

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Sarvastivadas, Or Sarvastivadins


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(literally, those who maintain the reality of all existence), is the name of one of the four divisions of the Vaibhashika system of Buddhism. Its reputed father was Rahula, the son of the Buddha Sakyamuni. See Köppen, Die Religion des Buddha (Berlin, 1857); Wassiljew, Der Buddhismus und seine Dogmen (St. Petersburg, 1860).