Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c30.75

c30.75

In the neighbourhood of the Nālandā Monastery were two other monasteries, one with the Haṁsa tope (where, according to a legend, Hīnayāna Brethren adopted Mahāyāna, changing their creed), and the other called the Pigeon Monastery (p. 175), with over 200 Sarvāstivādin Brethren. There was another small monastery in the locality which had above 50 Brethren all Hīnayānists (p. 176).