Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c5.s2.t2.16

c5.s2.t2.16

Buddhaghosa makes himself quite clear in his attempt to establish that the Kathāvatthu is as much Buddha-bhāsita as were the Madhupiṇḍika and such other Suttas expounded by Mahākaccāna, Ānanda and others. His argument is that Buddha at some places gave only the mātikā (substance), which was sometimes explained by Mahākaccāna, and the whole of it was regarded as Buddhavacana. Suttas of this type, in my opinion, were meant to be included under Veyyākaraṇa-division. See Attha., p. 5.