居住在哥达瓦里河畔、邻近婆罗门婆和利道场的一个族群，其王阿萨迦与阿罗迦见于《经集》，也曾在其他典籍中被视为一个化外部族。

A people dwelling on the banks of the Godhāvarī near the hermitage of the brahmin Bāvarī, whose kings Assaka and Aḷaka appear in the Suttanipāta and who were regarded elsewhere as an outcast clan.

从上座部分裂出来的一群僧团派别的统称，下辖数个小派别，持有若干异于主流教义的观点，直至觉音尊者时代仍然活跃。

A group of monastic schools that seceded from the Theravāda, encompassing several minor sects and holding various doctrines distinct from mainstream teaching, still active in Buddhaghosa’s time.