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[^1): See E. *Hultzsch*, Inscriptions of Aśoka, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, X, Oxford, 1925, pp. xliii f., 160 n. 5. [^2): There is no distinction in the chronicles between Theravāda and Vibhajjavāda; but *Theravāda* is probably a general term meaning merely "authentic doctrine." The word is used in this sense also with reference to the schools of Buddha's predecessors (Majjh. 26, I. 164f.). The *Vibhajjavādins* declared that they taught the Theravāda. However, the same thing was also maintained by other sects, such as the Mahīśāsakas and the Sarvāstivādins (s. *Kern*, Manual of Buddhism, p. 110f.). In Majjh. II, 197 (99) Buddha says, referring to himself, that he is a vibhajjavāda, *i.e.*, "one who explains everything with careful distinctions," and not an ekaṃsavāda, "who answers questions from one point of view only." *Cf.* Majjh. III, 208 (136); Aṅgutt. III, 67 (I, p. 197); Milindap., 144f.; Mrs. *Rhys Davids*, Points of Controversy, p. xl sq.; M. *Walleser*, Die Sekten des alten Buddhismus, Heidelberg, 1927, p. 13f.