Nikaya Buddhism refers to the early sects of Buddhism that emerged before the pre-Mahayana period. The emergence of Nikaya Buddhism occurred during the Second Buddhist Council held at Vaishali in 383 BC, which marked the first schism in the Buddhist Mahasangha. This council formally divided Buddhism into two main branches: Sthaviravada and Mahasanghika. Between 383 BC and 250 BC, a total of 18 branches emerged within Nikaya Buddhism, with 12 branches associated with Sthaviravada and 6 branches associated with Mahasanghika.
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the Nikaya Buddhism. Nikaya Buddhism refers to the early sects of the Buddhism, which is before pre-Mahayana tendencies.
So, emergence of the Nikaya Buddhism happened in the second Buddhist council when the first schism in the Buddhist Mahasangha happened. Second Buddhist council was held at Vaishali in 383 BC and Buddhism formally got divided into two branches, that is Sthaviravada and Mahasanghika. And in fact, from 383 to 250 BC, 18 branches emerged in the Nikaya Buddhism.
Out of which 12 were associated with the Sthaviravada and six were associated with Mahasanghika.
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