Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c33.4

v2.c33.4

Sometime after the appearance of these three sub-sects, came into existence two further sub-sects, viz., Bahuśrutīyas and Prajñaptivādins. According to Vasumitra and Bhavya, they issued out of the Mahāsanghikas direct while in the *Kathāvatthu* and Ceylonese traditions, they are made sub-divisions of the Gokulikas though the Gokulikas do not appear to have become an important sect at any time. The doctrines of these two later schools are allied to those of the Mahāsanghikas or the Sarvāstivādins.