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Definition[1]
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The Vibhajyavādins. A school the origin of which is obscure. The meaning of the term, not necessarily limited to this school, is the method of particularization in dealing with questions in debate. It is suggested that this school was established to harmonize the differences between the Sthavirās and Mahāsānghikas. The Abhidharma Pitaka 'as we have it in the Pāli Canon, is the definite work of this school ', Keith, 153.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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分別說部===(流派)Vibhajyava%dinah!,部計名。此部所說有是有非,須能分別簡擇,故名分別說部。是非小乘二十部等之部計,乃論者假定之名也。俱舍光記二十曰:「說非盡理,半是半非,更須分別,故名分別說部,梵云毘婆闍縛地。毘婆闍名分別,縛地名部,舊云毘婆闍婆提者訛也。」
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》
Definition[3]
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vibhaja-vādin, prajñapti-vādin*.
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佛教漢梵大辭典, 平川彰 Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary, Akira Hirakawa
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P 264