(五百大羅漢) 500 great arhats who formed the synod under Kaniṣka and are the supposed compilers of theAbhidharma-mahāvibhāṣā-śāstra, 400 years after Buddha entered nirvana (阿毗達磨大毗婆娑論), tr. by Xuanzang (A. D. 656-9). The 500 Lohans found in some monasteries have various definitions.