This "led to it being labeled as one of the Hinayana "inferior vehicle" schools, a pejorative term found in Mahayana sutras to refer to the Buddhism of the opponents... It was in reaction to this identification that representatives... from the end of the nineteenth century" sought an acceptable common label, ultimately settling on "Theravada".

History

Pre-modern

The Theravada school descends from the Vibhajjavada,

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