Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2283
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2283
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v1.c6.2283
As far as we know, the seven books of the Abhidhamma are peculiar to the Theravādins, though there is evidence that other schools, chiefly the Vaibhāṣikas (Sarvāstivādins) and the Sautrāntikas, held the Abhidhamma books sacred.¹³