Mahīśāsaka early Buddhist school | Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

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About this record

Mahīśāsaka early Buddhist school is cataloged as a Lineage / school within Buddhist Traditions. Its public geographic context is “Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country” and its period or origin is “Early centuries BCE–first millennium CE.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Mainstream early Buddhist schools.”

This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.

Record fields

Alternate / historical names: Mahīśāsaka; Mahisasaka; Mahīśāsakavinaya
Parent tradition: Mainstream early Buddhist schools
Public geographic context: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: Early centuries BCE–first millennium CE
Living / historical status: Historical
Access / protocol: Scholarly / historical only
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Geography

Candidate

Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country

This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.

Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.

Where to read more

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Source 1encyclopedia.com

Source 2cambridge.org

Source review pendingDeferred during Cambridge service disruption; access and support for this record require review.

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Mahīśāsaka early Buddhist school. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1245. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1245

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