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Madhyama Āgama
Madhyama Āgama (Skt., middle collection). Sanskrit equivalent of the Pāli Majjhima Nikāya or ‘Middle-length Discourses’, being one of the main sections of the Sūtra Piṭaka (Pāli, Sutta Piṭaka). Many of the major Eighteen Schools of Early Buddhism had their own versions but for the most part these have not survived. As well as recent discoveries of small portions of the Sarvāstivāda Madyama Āgama in Sanskrit, and several sūtras from that tradition in Tibetan translation, a complete Sarvāstivādin version exists in Chinese. This contains 222 sūtras, in contrast to the 152 extant in Pāli.
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DAMIEN KEOWN. "Madhyama Āgama." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAMIEN KEOWN. "Madhyama Āgama." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-Madhyamagama.html DAMIEN KEOWN. "Madhyama Āgama." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-Madhyamagama.html |
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JOHN BOWKER. "Madhyamāgama." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Madhyamāgama." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Madhyamgama.html JOHN BOWKER. "Madhyamāgama." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Madhyamgama.html |
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