[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s6.t1.2 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t1.2 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t1.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.2) ² ) The literal meaning of Sarvāstivāda is "the all-is doctrine," the doctrine that everything exists permanently. \*I-tsing\* (A Record of the Buddhist Religion, transl. by J. \*Takakusu\*, Oxford, 1896, pp. XXIV, 8 ff., 20) calls it Āryamūlasarvāstivāda, and he mentions the schools of the Mūla-Sarvastivādas, the Dharmaguptas, the Mahīśāsakas and the Kāśyapīyas, as its sub-divisions. The relationship between the Sarvāstivāda and the Mūla-Sarvāstivāda is, however, by no means clear. \*Cf.\* \*Takakusu\*, ERE XI, p. 198 ff.; \*Lévi\* in T'oung Pao, sér. 2, t. VIII, 1907, p. 114 f., N. \*Dutt\*, Early History of the Spread of Buddhism and the Buddhist Schools, p. 271 n. and table to p. 224. In the Buddhist dictionary Mahāvyutpatti, para. 275, a list of the schools begins with: Āryasarvāstivādāḥ, - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.1) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.3) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1) ## Cites (1) - [Mahāvyutpatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vidya.mahavyutpatti) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.2) · Pramāṇa