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Significance of Four groups

The keyphrase "Four groups" encompasses various classifications across different contexts. In Purana, it pertains to beings that serve in the world and ascend to heaven after their duties. In Mahayana, it describes the categories of shravakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. In Theravada, it organizes eighteen types of rootless consciousness based on mental states. Additionally, in scientific contexts, it refers to patient cohorts in studies and the categorization of pteridophytes into four main types.

Synonyms: Four categories, Four divisions, Four sections, Tetrad

In Dutch: Vier groepen; In Finnish: Nelj盲 ryhm盲盲; In Spanish: Cuatro grupos; In German: Vier Gruppen

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Buddhist concept of 'Four groups'

Buddhism Books

The "Four groups" in Buddhism categorizes practitioners into shravakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas, as well as organizes eighteen types of rootless consciousness, focusing on the diversity of mental states within Buddhist philosophy.

Significance in Theravada (major branch of Buddhism):
Theravada Books

From: A Manual of Abhidhamma

(1) The categorical organization of the eighteen types of rootless consciousness based on numerical considerations of mental states.[1]

Theravada is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Significance in Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism):
Mahayana Books

From: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

(1) The four distinct categories occupied by shravakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas.[2]

Mahayana is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sutras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajnaparamita sutras.

The concept of Four groups in scientific sources

Science Books

The keyphrase "Four groups" pertains to two classifications: (1) the four main groups of pteridophytes鈥擯silophyta, Lycophyta, Sphenophyta, and Pterophyta, and (2) the categorization of patients into cohorts A, B, C, and D for research purposes.

Significance in Scientific journals, articles, etc.:

From: The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

(1) Refers to the classification of patients into four distinct categories based on their mode of hyperglycemic therapy.[3]

This section includes scientific research in the field of healthcare, often involving traditional medicine systems such as Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Holistic health. It includes papers from scientific journals classified as either original, clinical or experimental research, review articles or case reports.