Mahisasaka
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Appearance
- Doctrines
- Works
- Mahīśāsaka Vinaya
- Mahāyāna works
- Views on women
- See also
- References
- Sources
thumb|right|upright|Gandhara|Gandhāran Mahīśāsakas are associated with the Pure Land teachings of [[Amitābha Buddha.]]
The Mahīśāsaka (; ) is one of the early Buddhist schools according to some records. Its origins may go back to the dispute in the Second Buddhist Council. The Dharmaguptaka sect is thought to have branched out from the Mahīśāsaka sect toward the end of the 2nd or the beginning of the 1st century BCE.
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