orthodox form buddhism tends conservative doctrine monastic discipline p li canon complete buddhist canon surviving ancient indian language language p li serves school 's sacred language lingua franca besides p li canon therav da scholastics also often rely post canonical p li literature comments interprets p li canon later works ''visuddhimagga'' doctrinal ' 'summa'' written fifth century exegete buddhaghosa also remain influential today therav da derives mah vih ra mrapar ya sect
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