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tīrthika (P. titthiya; T. mu stegs pa; C. waidao 外道). An adherent of non-Buddhist views, as defined in Buddhist literature.[1]
The term is typically used to refer to the followers the non-Buddhist Indian schools, such as the Jaina or Ajivaka schools (which were contemporaneous with early Buddhism), or the later Sāṃkhya tradition.[1]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. tīrthika
Further reading
mu stegs pa, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Tirthika, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
Tirthika, Wikipedia
