The History of Buddhist Thought c11.s4.26

c11.s4.26

The outstanding divisions in earlier Buddhism as determined by the literature are the schools of the Theravāda, Sarvāstivāda, and Mahāsanghika, the last represented by the Lokottaravāda of the Mahāvastu. It was within the last two that the new tendencies and theories arose which produced the Mahāyāna schools.