sə(r)ˌvästəˈväd ə n noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Hindi sarvāstivādin adherent of a school of Buddhism that flourished in northern India in the 5th century B.C., from sarvāstivāda doctrine that everything exists, from sarva entire + asti is + vāda doctrine — more at safe , is
: a member of an early realist school of Buddhism that affirms the existence of all material, mental, or other elements of experience