Caitika and Śaila schools
Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Caitika and Śaila schools is cataloged as a Lineage / school within Buddhist Traditions. Its candidate country context is “India” and its period or origin is “Early centuries BCE–first millennium CE.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Mahāsāṃghika-related 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
- Caitika; Chaityaka; Pūrvaśaila; Aparaśaila; Andhra schools
- Parent tradition
- Mahāsāṃghika-related schools
- Public geographic context
- India
- Period / origin
- Early centuries BCE–first millennium CE
- Living / historical status
- Historical cluster
- Access / protocol
- Scholarly / historical only
- Evidence status
- Composite record
Geography
CandidateIndia
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.
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Caitika and Śaila schools. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1251. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1251
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