Paññattivādā (v.l. Pannatti-)

A secondary division of the Gokulikas (Dpv.v.41; Mhv.v.4; Mbv. p. 96).

Their main doctrine was

• that suffering is no skandha,
• that there are no perfect āyatanas,
• that the samskāras are all bound together,
• that suffering is absolute,
• that what proceeds from the mind is not the way,
• that there is no untimely death,
• that there is no human agency, and
• that all suffering comes from karma. Rockhill: op. cit., 189.

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