Buddhist Schools - Early Schools

Early Schools

  • Sthaviravāda
    • Pudgalavāda ('Personalist') (c. 280 BCE)
    • Sarvāstivāda
      • Vibhajyavāda (prior to 240 BCE; during Aśoka)
        • Theravāda (c. 240 BCE)
          • Theravāda subschools (see below)
        • Mahīśāsaka (after 232 BCE)
          • Dharmaguptaka (after 232 BCE)
        • Kāśyapīya (after 232 BCE)
        • Vatsīputrīya (under Aśoka) later name: Saṃmitīya
          • Dharmottarīya
          • Bhadrayānīya
          • Sannāgarika
      • Mūlasarvāstivāda (third and fourth centuries)
      • Sautrāntika (between 50 BCE and c. 100 CE)
  • Mahāsāṃghika ('Majority', c. 380 BCE)
    • Ekavyahārikas (under Aśoka)
      • Lokottaravāda
    • Golulika (during Aśoka)
      • Bahuśrutīya (late third century BCE)
      • Prajñaptivāda (late third century BCE)
        • Cetiyavāda
    • Caitika (mid-first century BCE)
      • Apara Śaila
      • Uttara Śaila

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