Bhañña
The word occurs in the compound UkkalÄ (OkkalÄ) Vassa-BhaÃ±Ã±Ä (S.iii.73; M.iii.78; A.ii.31), a group described as ahetuvÄdÄ, akiriyavÄdÄ, natthikavÄda, but who, nevertheless, agreed that the khandhas might be divided into past, present, and future and who accepted the teaching of the Great Forty (see MahÄcattÄrÄ«saka Sutta).
They also accepted non covetousness, non malice, right mindfulness, and right concentration as worthy.
The Commentaries (AA.ii.497; MA.ii.894; SA.ii.201 says, “dve pi te mÅ«ladiá¹á¹higatikÄâ€) explain that Vassa and Bhañña were two people (dvejanÄ) (? tribes).
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