Crossword-Solution: AGAMAS
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AGAMAS (5)
The instruction given at that time has been handed down to us as the four Agamas,[FN#114] or the four Nikayas.
The foundation of Hinayanism consists in the four Nikayas, or four Agamas, the most important books of that school.
Besides the four Agamas, there exist in the Chinese Tripitaka numerous books translated by various authors, some of which are extracts from Agamas, and some the lives of the Buddha, while others are entirely different sutras, apparently of later date.
Judging from these sources, it seems to us that most of Shakya Muni's original teachings are embodied into the four Agamas.
But it is still a matter of uncertainty that whether they are stated in Agamas now extant just as they were, for the Buddha's preachings were rehearsed immediately after the Buddha's death in the first council held at Rajagrha, yet not consigned to writing.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT, S&S, USA TODAY.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1944–2013).