Bhañña untranslated

Bhañña. The word occurs in the compound Ukkalāvassabhaññā (Okkalā vassabhaññā) (SN.iii.73; MN.iii.78; AN.ii.31), a group described as ahetuvādā, akiriyavādā, natthikavāda, but who, nevertheless, agreed that the khandhas might be divided into past, present and future and who accepted the teaching of the Great Forty (see Mahā Cattārīsakasutta). They also accepted non-covetousness, non-malice, right mindfulness and right concentration as worthy.

The Commentaries (AN­a.ii.497; MN­a.ii.894; SN­a.ii.201 says, dve pi te mūladiṭṭhigatikā) explain that Vassa and Bhañña were two people (dvejanā) (? tribes).