Dhammuttarā, Dhammuttarikā, Dhammuttariyā

A secondary division of the Vajjiputtakas (Mhv.v.7; Dpv.v.46; Mbv.97).

It is said (Rockhill: op cit., 184) that they are so called after their teacher, Dhammuttara.

Their fundamental doctrine is (Ibid., 194): in birth is ignorance, in the arresting of birth is the arresting of ignorance.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from