| 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? |
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither1nor 2
Correct Answer: B
Solution :
Exp. [b] The Sautrantika were an early Buddhist school generally believed to be descended from the Sthaviranikaya by way of their immediate parent school, the Sarvast'vadins. Their name means literally "those who rely upon the sutras", and indicated their rejection of the Abhidharma texts of other early Buddhist schools Sarvastivada, (Sanskrit: "Doctrine That All Is Real") also called Vaibhashika, a school of early Buddhism. A fundamental concept in Buddhist metaphysics is the assumption, i of the existence of dharmas, cosmic factors and events that combine momentarily under the influence of a person's past deeds to form a person's life flux, which he considers his personality and career. Differences arose among the various early Buddhist schools concerning the ontological reality of these dharmas. While, like all Buddhists, the Sarvastivadins consider everything empirical to be impermanent, they maintain that the dharma factors are eternally existing realities.
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