《中部》的诵持传承者，大概即舍利弗一系的学派，据说将《所行藏》《譬喻经》《佛种姓经》纳入《小部》之中。

The reciters and transmitters of the Majjhimanikāya, probably the textual school of Sāriputta, credited with including the Cariyāpiṭaka, Apadāna, and Buddhavaṃsa within the Khuddakanikāya.