Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s4.1

v2.c35.s4.1

The third in importance among the schools of this group is the Dharmaguptas. It has been shown in the account of the First Council that certain supporters of Purāṇa and Gavampati did not accept *in toto* the Vinaya rules as adopted by Mahākassapa.² In the *Abhidharmakośa* (iv. 39) there is a reference to the Dharmaguptas mentioning that they would not accept the Prātimokṣa rules of the Sarvāstivādins as authoritative on the ground that the original teachings of Buddha were lost.