Vaipulya
vaipulya [alt. vaidalya] (cf. P. vedalla; T. shin tu rgyas pa; C. fangdeng; J. hōdō; K. pangdŭng 方等).[1] Literally meaning “vast” or “extensive,” it refers to a particular set of lengthy sūtras or collections of sūtras that each provide a comprehensive overview of Buddhist thought and practice.[2]
Vaipulya is a traditional genre of Buddhist literature, where it is categorized as:[2][3]
- one of the nine categories of teachings within the Pali tradition, and
- one of the twelve categories of teachings in the Sanskrit tradition.
In the Mahayana tradition, this category includes individual works such as the Lalitavistara and Saddharmapuṇḍarīka and collections such as the Mahāsannipāta, Buddhāvataṃsaka, Ratnakūta, and the Prajnaparamita sutras.[2]
As a traditional literary genre, vaipulya "corresponds to the Pāli category of vedalla (S. vaidalya), which refers to such catechetical texts as the Sakkapañhasuttanta or the Sammādiṭṭhisutta."[3]
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. vaipulya.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
ཤིན་ཏུ་རྒྱས་པ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. udāna.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
External links
- ཤིན་ཏུ་རྒྱས་པའི་སྡེ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary