The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (71 page)
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gama is the
Mah
y
na
name for the collections of writings known in P
li as
nik
ya
. Thus Dirgh
gama is equivalent to Digha Nik
ya,
et al.
In Jap.,
gama is
agon
, as in
agon-gy
, the four Chinese collections of
s
tras
. In Jainism, it is the term, along with
siddh
nta
(established teachings); for the ‘canonical’ texts: see
A
GA
.
Mah
ynaname for the collections of writings known in P
li asnik
ya. Thus Dirgh
gama is equivalent to Digha Nikya,et al.
In Jap.,
gama isagon
, as in
agon-gy
, the four Chinese collections ofs
tras. In Jainism, it is the term, along with
siddh
nta(established teachings); for the ‘canonical’ texts: see
A
GA.
gmi-karma:
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