Dīghabhānakā

Reciters of the Dīgha-Nikāya.

They separated the Cariyāpitaka, Apadāna and Buddhavamsa from the Khuddakanikāya and ascribed the remaining twelve divisions of that Nikāya to the Abhidhamma Pitaka (DA.i.15).

They also held that the four omens which the Bodhisatta saw, prior to his Renunciation, were seen on one and the same day (J.i.59).

It is said that once, when the Dīghabhānakas recited the Brahmajāla Sutta at the Ambalatthikā, to the east of the Lohapāsāda, the earth shook. DA.i.131; for views expressed by them see Sp.ii.413; DhSA.159, etc.  

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

Dīgha-bhāṇaka

Name given to those monks who specialized in the recitation of the Dīgha Nikāya, the first section of the Sūtra Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon. This tradition ascribed the Khuddaka Nikāya, minus the last three books, the Apadāna, Buddhavaṃsa, and Cariyāpiṭaka, to the Abhidharma-piṭaka. They also held the view that the four signs that the Bodhisattva saw, prior to his renunciation, were seen on one and the same day.

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