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Some Reflections on the Term Sautrāntika in Vinaya Context: vinayadharaḥ sautrāntikaḥ in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra

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The word sautrāntika is known to designate one of the philosophical schools in later documents, but its earlier phase remains uncertain. The discovery of this term in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra thus brings forward new evidence essential for solving the problem of sautrāntika. In this paper, I will attempt to establish the interpretation of the context, in which the phrase vinayadharaḥ sautrāntikaḥ appears.

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I would like to thank Lambert Schmithausen for his valuable comments on my Habilitationsschrift, from which this article developed. I am grateful also to Nobuyoshi Yamabe, Tōru Funayama, and an anonymous reviewer for their valuable suggestions regarding the term Sautrāntika. Thanks also to Mark Blum for his valuable suggestions regarding my interpretation into English. My thanks go also to Naomi Sato, Norihisa Baba and Toshio Horiuchi, who helped me to access Japanese publications on Sautrāntika. Thanks also to Henry Albery and Ralf Kramer for helping with my English.

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Habata, H. Some Reflections on the Term Sautrāntika in Vinaya Context: vinayadharaḥ sautrāntikaḥ in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra . J Indian Philos 46, 241–261 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-017-9333-3

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