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नैकायिक (naikAyika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
naikāyika, adj. or subst. m. (cf. Pali nek°),
(1) follower, devotee of the nikāya, q.v., i.e. of the literal canon: naikāyikāś ca tīrthayāś ca dṛṣṭim ekāṃśam āśritāḥ Laṅk 〔294.3〕 (vs)
clearly reprobated and associated with heretics, in accordance with the general position of Laṅk, which is hostile to literalism and even to acceptance of any verbally expressed doctrines
(2) sapta-naikāyikaṃ (prātimokṣa-saṃvara-samādānaṃ) Bbh 〔138.24〕, pertaining to the seven groups (of Buddhist adherents, listed 〔25 f.〕 as [Page312-a] bhikṣu-bhikṣuṇī-śikṣamāṇā-(! so text)-śrāmaṇera-śrāmaṇery-upāsakopāsikā).