毘婆沙

(sa) vibhāṣā, option, alternative, tr. [lang id =1028]廣解 wider interpretation, or [lang id =1028]異說 different explanation.

(1) The <Vibhāṣā-śāstra>, a philosophical treatise by Kātyāyanīputra, tr. by Saṅghabhūti A. D. 383. The Vaibhāṣikas [lang id =1028]毘婆沙論師 were the followers of this realistic school, 'in Chinese texts mostly quoted under the name of Sarvāstivādaḥ.' Eitel.

(2) A figure stated at several tens of thousands of millions.

(3) Vipaśyin, v. [lang id =1028]毘婆尸.