《中部》的誦持傳承者，大概即舍利弗一系的學派，據說將《所行藏》《譬喻經》《佛種姓經》納入《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.