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Caitika

The Caitika (Chinese: 制多山部 or 制多部) was an early Buddhist school, a sub-sect of the Mahāsāṃghika. They were also known as the Caityaka sect. The Caitikas proliferated throughout the mountains of South India, from which they derived their name. In Pali writings, members of this sect and its offshoots were generally referred to as the Andhakas, meaning "of Coastal Andhra".

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• ▸Beni Hasan
• ▸Bar and bat mitzvah

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