Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c33.s2.1
Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c33.s2.1
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v2.c33.s2.1
Bu-ston² tells us that the Mahāsanghikas claimed Mahākāśyapa as their founder, and that the language of their Piṭaka was Prākṛit. The language of the Mahāvastu, specially of its poetry portion, is mixed Sanskrit and which may well be called a Prākṛit.³