Lokottaravada

Lokottaravada

The Lokottaravāda (Sanskrit; traditional Chinese: 說出世部; pinyin: shuōchūshì-bù) was one of the early Buddhist schools, according to Mahāyāna doxological sources compiled by Bhavyaviveka, Vinitadeva and others, and was a sub-group which emerged from the Mahāsāṃghika sect.