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Sarvāstivāda is a Sanskrit term that can be glossed as: "the theory of all exists". The Pali equivalent is Sabbatthivāda.
Although there is some dispute over how the word "sarvāstivāda" is to be analyzed, the general consensus is that it is to be parsed into three parts: sarva "all" or "every" + asti "exist" + vada "speak", "say" or "theory". This equates perfectly with the Chinese term, Shuōyīqièyǒu-bù (說一切有部), which is literally "the sect that speaks of the existence of everything," as used by Xuanzang and other translators.
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