pulaiyaRāmāgi ninṛa putthodu samaṇamellām – the four types of Bauddha mata (philosophy or sect), Jaina mata, etc.
pulaiyaRā – lowly sects; those who do not accept the Vedas as the foundation. The four types of Bauddha were led by four disciples of Buddha namely Vaibhāṣikan, Sautrāntikan, Yogācāran, and Mādhyamikan. Of these, the Vaibhāṣikan hypothesis posits that