With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements: 1. Sautrantika and Sammitiya were the sects of Jainism. 2. Sarvastivadin held that the constituents of phenomena were not wholly momentary, but existed forever in a latent form. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A1 only
- B2 onlyCorrect
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect. Sautrantika and Sammitiya were prominent schools or sects within Buddhism, not Jainism. The Sautrantikas emphasized the authority of the sutras, while the Sammitiya school held unique views on the nature of the 'person' (pudgala). Statement 2 is correct. The Sarvastivadins were a major early Buddhist school that believed that the constituents of phenomena (dharmas) were not wholly momentary but existed forever in a subtle or latent form across the three times (past, present, future), hence their name 'Sarvastivada' meaning 'the doctrine that all exists'.
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