Jetavanīyas
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Jetavaniya (Sanskrit) Jetavanīya [from Jetavana a grove near Sravasti where the Buddha at one time promulgated his doctrines.
A Buddhist mystical school of Ceylon, which tradition alleges was founded about 247 BC by Katyayana, a favorite disciple of Gautama Buddha.
One of the three divisions of an early Buddhist school called the Sthavirakaya founded some 300 BC.