Sāsana
Sāsana,(nt.) [cp.Vedic śāsana] order,message,teaching J.I,60,328; II,21; Pv IV.354 (Buddhānaṁ); KhA 11 sq.; the doctrine of the Buddha Vin.I,12; D.I,110; II,206; A.I,294; Dh.381; Sn.482 etc.; J.I,116.sāsanaṁ āroceti to give a message (dūtassa to the messenger) Vin.III,76.
--antaradhāna the disappearance or decline of the teaching of the Buddha.Said of the doctrine of Kassapa Bhagavā SnA 156 (cp.sāsane parihāyamāne SnA 223),and with ref.to the Pāli Tipiṭaka VbhA.432 sq.,where 3 periods of the development of the Buddhist doctrine are discussed,viz.sāsana-ṭhita-kāla,°osakkana-kāla,°antaradhāna.--kara complying with one’s order and teaching M.I,129; --kāraka the same Sn.445; --kārin the same A.II,26; susāsanaṁ dussānaṁ J.I,239 (English transl.:“true and false doctrine,” “good and bad news”).--hara (+°jotaka) taking up (& explaining) an order SnA 164.(Page 707)