Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c32.20
Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c32.20
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v2.c32.20
(i) Sāmmitiya comprising Vātsiputriya and Kaurukullaka.
(ii) Mahāsaṅghika comprising Prajñaptivāda and Lokottaravāda.
(iii) Sarvāstivāda comprising Tāmraśāṭīya and Sarvāstivāda. The former became known as Dārṣṭāntika, out of which developed the Sautrāntika School. This corroborates Masuda's remark as against that of de la Vallee Poussin that the Dārṣṭāntikas preceded the Sautrāntikas See *Asia Major*, p. 67, fn.