居住在哥達瓦里河畔、鄰近婆羅門婆和利道場的一個族群，其王阿薩迦與阿羅迦見於《經集》，也曾在其他典籍中被視為一個化外部族。

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.

從上座部分裂出來的一群僧團派別的統稱，下轄數個小派別，持有若干異於主流教義的觀點，直至覺音尊者時代仍然活躍。

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.