Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c30.38

c30.38

**Tamasāvana.** The pilgrim next comes to the famous Tamasāvana Monastery, the Brethren from which were invited by Asoka to his Council. Hiuen Tsang found there above 300 Brethren of the Sarvāstivādin School who were thorough students of the Hīnayāna (p. 294). The Monastery was also famous as having had as its pupil the Śāstramaster Kātyāyanīputra (ib.), who wrote here one of his works.