Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c5.s2.t5.3
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c5.s2.t5.3
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¹ Tāranātha (p. 44) refers also to Sthavira Vatsa who introduced the Ātmaka theory. He adds that Dhitika, who succeeded Upagupta, convened a council in the Puskarinī vihāra (of Maru Land) to suppress the Ātmaka theory of Vatsa and succeeded to convince the followers of Vatsa and, ultimately, the teacher himself of the untenability of the theory. This legend evidently refers to the Vātsīputrīyas or the Vajjiputtakas, from whom sprang the Sāmmitīyas who attained prominence during the rule of Harṣavardhana. See *Early History etc.*, pp. 297 ff.