[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c31.2368 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2368 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.2368 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.2368](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c31.2367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2367) - [Next: v2.c31.2369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2369) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2368](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2368) · Pramāṇa