Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2368

v2.c31.2368

Mahimsāsaka.—An heretical sect, which broke off from the Theravādins at the same time as the Vajjiputtakas. The sect was later divided into the Sabbatthivādins and the Dhammaguttikas.¹ They held that the truth of nirodha had two aspects.² Buddhadeva Thera, at whose request the Jātakatthakathā was written, belonged to the Mahimsāsaka-vamsa.³ Fa Hsien found a group of monks belonging to this sect in Ceylon.⁴