The History of Buddhist Thought c25.s1.6
The History of Buddhist Thought c25.s1.6
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c25.s1.6
It is clear, both from the Mahāyāna sūtras and the systematic works, that the chief opponents of the early Mahāyāna controversialists were the Sarvāstivādins. These continued to flourish at the side of the Mahāyānists, for Vasubandhu’s great work on Abhidharma belongs to the fifth century.