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五部律

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Basic Meaning: five versions of the Vinaya

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  • Tradition states that one hundred years after the death of the Buddha, there were five disciples under Upagupta, the fifth saint who inherited the teachings. It is thought that at that time, there were five separate versions of the Vinaya 戒律 (the part of the Tripiṭaka elaborating the rules of the Buddhist order). These are:
    1. the Four Part Vinaya (Sifen lü; Dharmagupta Vinaya) 四分律 (T 1428)
    2. the Ten Recitations Vinaya (Shisong lü; Sarvâstivādin Vinaya) 十誦律 (T 1435)
    3. the Five Part Vinaya (Wufen lü; Mahīśāsaka Vinaya) 五分律 (T 1421)
    4. the Prâtimokṣa-sūtra 解脫戒經 of the Kāśyapīyas
    5. the Vātsīputrīya Vinaya (not extant)
    The Vinaya of the Mahāsāṃghikas 摩訶僧祇律 (T 1425; K 889) has been substituted for the missing fifth work; see also 五師. 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.77a17〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD, Soothill, Yokoi]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 285

    Bulgyo sajeon 610a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 357d

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) ---/85

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 161

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1157

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1288c,2665a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 566-3

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 128

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    Entry created: 2001-12-16

    Updated: 2012-08-09