Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c34.s12.4

v2.c34.s12.4

The Prajñaptivādins, as Paramārtha tells us, appeared some time after the Bahuśrutīyas, and distinguished themselves as Bahuśrutīyavibhajyavādins. The main difference between the Prajñaptivādins and Bahuśrutīvas is that the former partly like the Mahāyānists held the view that Buddha's teachings as embodied in the Piṭaka should be distinguished as nominal (prajñapti), real (paramārtha), conventional (samvṛti) and causal (hetuphala). This school, as against the Bahuśrutīyas, agreed more with the views of the Mahāsanghikas than with those of the Sarvāstivādins.¹