Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

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36. chaḍḍetvā ekadesañ ca suttaṁ vinayañ ca gambhīraṁ
paṭirūpaṁ suttavinayaṁ tañ ca aññaṁ kariṁsu te. 155 |
36. Rejecting single passages of the Suttas and of the profound Vinaya, they
composed other Suttas and another Vinaya which had (only) the appearance (of
the genuine ones).
37. parivāraṁ atthuddhāraṁ abhidhammappakaraṇaṁ
paṭisambhidañ ca niddesaṁ ekadesañ ca jātakaṁ
ettakaṁ vissajjetvāna aññāni akariṁsu te. 156 |
37. Rejecting the following texts, viz.: the Parivāra which is an abstract of the
contents (of the Vinaya), the six sections of the Abhidhamma, the Paṭisambhidā,
the Niddesa, and some portions of the Jātaka, they composed new ones.
38. nāmaṁ liṅgaṁ parikkhāraṁ ākappakaraṇāni ca
pakatibhāvaṁ vijahetvā tañ ca aññaṁ akaṁsu te. 157 | [37]
38. Forsaking the original rules regarding nouns, genders, composition, and the
embellishments of style, they changed all that.
39. pubbaṅgamā bhinnavādā Mahāsaṅgītikārakā,
tesañ ca anukāraṇe bhinnavādā bahū ahū. 158 |
39. Those who held the Great Council were the first schismatics; in imitation of
them many heretics arose.
40. tato aparakālamhi tasmiṁ bhedo ajāyatha:
Gokulikā Ekabyohārā duvidhā bhijjittha bhikkhavo. |
40. Afterwards a schism occurred in that (new school); the Gokulika and
Ekabyohāra Bhikkhus formed two divisions.
41. Gokulikānaṁ dve bhedā aparakālamhi jāyatha:
Bahussutakā ca Paññatti duvidhā bhijjittha bhikkhavo. 159 |
41. Afterwards two schisms took place amongst the Gokulikas: the Bahussutaka
and the Paññātti Bhikkhus formed two divisions.
155 vinayagambhīraṁ Z K, d’Alwis.
156 abhidhammaṁ chappakaraṇaṁ K, d’Alwis. [Ed. note: the note is attached to wrong
verse in text].
157 vijahitvā A K.
158 ahuṁ N.
159 Bahussutikā K, d’Alwis; Bāhulikā A B G2 – Paññattī.