Majjhimabhānakā

The "reciters" of the Majjhima Nikāya (q.v.), those who learned it and handed it down, probably the "school" of Sāriputta.

This "school" included the Cariyāpitaka, Apadāna and Buddhavamsa in the Khuddaka Nikāya, and ascribed the whole Nikāya to the Sutta Pitaka. DA.i.15; Mil.341.

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