『長部』の責任を負う誦者の系統で、『小部』の一部経典を『論蔵』に分離し、菩薩が見た四つの前兆すべてが一日のうちに現れたなどの独自の教義的見解を持っていた。

The lineage of reciters responsible for the Dīghanikāya, who separated certain texts from the Khuddakanikāya into the Abhidhamma Piṭaka and held distinctive doctrinal views, such as that all four omens seen by the Bodhisatta appeared on a single day.