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  • Aparaseliyā

A sub-sect of the Andhakā. Their beliefs seem to have been similar to those of the Pubbaseliyā. Kvu.. quoted in Points of Controversy, pp. 5 and 104. See also Dpv. v.54; Mhv.v.12; Mbv.97. For their beliefs see de la Vallee Poussin: S. E. coast of India (Points of Controversy, xliii; see also Watters: On Yuan Chwang, ii.214ff).

According to one tradition they were connected with the Cetiyavādins. For a discussion of this see Points of Controversy, xliii-iv.


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