[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s1.18 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.18 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.18 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.18) \[^1): See E. \*Hultzsch\*, Inscriptions of Aśoka, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, X, Oxford, 1925, pp. xliii f., 160 n. 5. \[^2): There is no distinction in the chronicles between Theravāda and Vibhajjavāda; but \*Theravāda\* is probably a general term meaning merely "authentic doctrine." The word is used in this sense also with reference to the schools of Buddha's predecessors (Majjh. 26, I. 164f.). The \*Vibhajjavādins\* declared that they taught the Theravāda. However, the same thing was also maintained by other sects, such as the Mahīśāsakas and the Sarvāstivādins (s. \*Kern\*, Manual of Buddhism, p. 110f.). In Majjh. II, 197 (99) Buddha says, referring to himself, that he is a vibhajjavāda, \*i.e.\*, "one who explains everything with careful distinctions," and not an ekaṃsavāda, "who answers questions from one point of view only." \*Cf.\* Majjh. III, 208 (136); Aṅgutt. III, 67 (I, p. 197); Milindap., 144f.; Mrs. \*Rhys Davids\*, Points of Controversy, p. xl sq.; M. \*Walleser\*, Die Sekten des alten Buddhismus, Heidelberg, 1927, p. 13f. - [Previous: v2.c19.s1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.17) - [Next: v2.c19.s1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.19) - [Up: v2.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1) ## Cites (6) - [Milindapañha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.milindapanha*pts.144) — Pāli - [Pāsarāsisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26.14.1) — Pāli - [Subhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.99.1.1) — Pāli - [Mahākammavibhaṅgasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.136.3.1) — Pāli - [Kathāvatthusutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.67) — Pāli - [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.18) · Pramāṇa