- 十二部經
- Twelve divisions of the Mahāyāna canon:(1) 修多羅 sūtra;(2) 祇夜 geya;(3) 伽陀 gāthā;(4) 尼陀那 nidāna, also 因緣;(5) 伊帝目多 itivṛttaka;(6) 闍多伽 jātaka;(7) 阿浮達摩 adbhuta-dharma, i.e. the 阿毘達摩 abhidhama;(8) 阿波陀那 avadāna;(9) 優婆提舍 upadeśa;(10) 優陀那udāna;(11) 毘佛略 vaipulya;(12) 和 伽羅 vyākaraṇa. Cf. 九部經.
Chinese Buddhist terms dictionary (Chinese-English). William Edward Soothil and Lewis Hodous. 2006.