Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.548

v1.c23.548

Dīghabhāṇakā.—Reciters of the Dīghanikāya. They separated the Cariyāpiṭaka, Apadāna and Buddhavamsa from the Khuddakanikāya and ascribed the remaining twelve divisions of that Nikāya to the Abhidhammapitaka.¹ They also held that the four omens which the Bodhisatta saw, prior to his Renunciation, were seen on one and the same day.² It is said that once, when the Dīghabhāṇakas recited the Brahmajāla Sutta at the Ambalaṭṭhikā, to the east of the Lohapāsāda, the earth shook.³