Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s6.t1.1

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Grub Mthav Smra Ba was one of academic subjects of Tibetan Buddhism in China which expounds on doctrines of Indian Buddhism. With the emergence of Tibetan Buddhism, grub mthav smra ba took shape and developed gradually. It is a system combining explanation of the doctrines of Buddhism characterised by four Indian Buddhist sects (Sarvastivada, Sautrantika, Vijnanavada and Madhyamika) which were made from the entire by the eminent monks of Tibetan Buddhism generation by generation.