ebt (early buddhist texts) buddhism agamas

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1		comment	Agama	Vinaya	Nikaya	Pali	Chines		age
2	The Sīlas							oldest per rhys	450 bc	http://books.google.com/books?id=NHYTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=the+silas+buddhist&source=bl&ots=FaOq1JWcHD&sig=dz035xQGm9-BiOFdB_jNJjrLugY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jqhjVM-9CNXpoASzlIKwDg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=the%20silas%20buddhist&f=false
3	Pārāyana
4	Octades
5	Dharmaguptaka					pātimokkha	Pratimoksha
6	Mahāsāṅghika,					pātimokkha
7	Mahīśāsaka,
8	Mūlasarvāstivāda,
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10	Sarvāstivāda,		Madhyama Agama		Majjhima
11		NOT confirmed EBT	Ekottara Āgama		Aṅguttara Nikāya.			Dhamma,kathika Sutta IN ANCIENT STUPA ENGRAVINGS
12	Abhidhamma	Diverges in most parts except: [18, 37, 39, 45, 124
13	Khuddaka Nikāya	Diverges in most parts except: [18, 37, 39, 45, 124
14	JATAKAS
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16	Within the Pali canon, the metrically oldest verses are found in the
17	Aṭṭhaka Vagga and the Pārāyana Vagga
18	Sutta nipata	oldest sections 1-3,IV,V
19	The Sutta Nipata: parts of the Sutta Nipata, such as the Aṭṭhakavagga and the Pārāyanavagga, are thought by some scholars[citation needed] to represent the earliest strata of the written canon. Many of the features of later texts, such as numbered lists of teachings, or complex doctrinal categories, are not present.
20	comments
21	http://ahandfulofleaves.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/mindfulness-in-early-buddhism_kuan.pdf
22						The doctrinal basis common to the Āgamas and Nikāyas is remarkably uniform.” This is in stark contrast to non-󰡜󰠤󰧎 texts.
23						the first split was between the Sthaviras and the Mahāsāṅghikas
24						Mahāsāṅghika pātimokkha
25						T. W. Rhys Davids, referring to inscriptions on ancient stupas that mention suttantika, suttantakinī, pañcanekāyika, dhammakathika, and peṭakī,
26	Interesting article on pre Buddhist techniques
27	http://www.chibs.edu.tw/mukherjee/articles/html/1996.htm
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29	http://books.google.com/books?id=-epU7NHNCOQC&pg=PA328&lpg=PA328&dq=Studies+in+the+Buddhistic+Culture+of+India+During+the+Seventh+and+Eighth+.&source=bl&ots=tqvrotcgXh&sig=OJV5qEv_-DnrWlrtB3t_RmHb3Pk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f3qBVJR6juSgBNHkgaAB&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Studies%20in%20the%20Buddhistic%20Culture%20of%20India%20During%20the%20Seventh%20and%20Eighth%20.&f=false
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