毘婆沙

(sa) vibhāṣā, option, alternative, tr. 廣解 wider interpretation, or 異說 different explanation.

(1) The <Vibhāṣā-śāstra>, a philosophical treatise by Kātyāyanīputra, tr. by Saṅghabhūti A. D. 383. The Vaibhāṣikas 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. 毘婆尸.