Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c41.s1.12
Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c41.s1.12
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v2.c41.s1.12
(viii) It is unlikely that Aśoka sided with the Theravādins as against the Mahāsanghikas. Hence Aśoka's part in the Council as recorded in the Ceylonese traditions may be dismissed as imaginary.