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- Goonesekera, Lakshmi R. 1968: “Bhāṇaka”, in Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, G.P. Malalasekera (ed.), Sri Lanka: Department of Buddhist Aff airs, vol. 2 no. 4 pp. 688–690.
- Mori, Sodō 1990: “The Origin and History of the Bhāṇaka Tradition”, in Ānanda: Papers on Buddhism and Indology, A Felicitation Volume Presented to Ānanda Weihena Palliya Guruge on his Sixtieth Birthday, Y. Karunadasa (ed.), Colombo: Felicitation Volume Editorial Committee, pp. 123–129.
- Dharmabhanakas in early Mahayana
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