負責諷誦《長部》的傳承僧團，曾將《小部》中數部經典劃歸《阿毗達摩藏》，並持有若干獨特見解，如主張菩薩所見四種預兆皆於同一日出現。

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.