一切經音義 67.167

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Pañcavārṣika (般闍于瑟: also written as 般遮于瑟, both being erroneous abbreviations; it should be said as *pañcavarṣa* or said as *pañcavārṣika*; *pañca* here means "five", and *vārṣika* here means "year", referring to the great quinquennial assembly; one hundred years after the Buddha's passing, King Aśoka established this assembly; from this point on, their views differed, and the five masters disputed and divided, eventually forming the five schools or the eighteen schools).