th the pudgala
doctrine of the Sammitiyas as sketched by Gu@naratna which we have
noticed above.]

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a flux and (4) that an arhat (saint) may fall away [Footnote ref 1].
The Sabbatthivadins or Sarvastivadins have a vast Abhidharma literature
still existing in Chinese translations which is different from the
Abhidharma of the Theravada school which we have already mentioned
[Footnote ref 2]. These are 1. _Jnanaprasthana S'astra_ of
Katyayaniputtra which passed by the name of _Maha Vibha@sa_ from which
the Sabbatthivadins who followed it are called Vaibha@sikas [Footnote ref
3]. This work is said to have been given a literary form by As'vagho@sa.
2. _Dharmaskandha_ by S'ariputtra. 3. _Dhatukaya_ by Pur@na.
4. _Prajnaptis'astra_ by Maudgalyayana. 5. _Vijnanakaya_ by Devak@sema.
6. _Sa@ngitiparyyaya_ by Sariputtra and _Prakara@napada_ by Vasumitra.
Vasubandhu (420 A.D.-500 A.D.) wrote a work on the Vaibha@sika [Footnote
ref 4] system in verses (_karika_) known as the _Abhidharmakos'a_,
to which he appended a commentary of his own which passes by the name
_Abhidharma Kos'abha@sya_ in which he pointed out some of the defects
of the Vaibha@sika school from the Sautrantika point of view [Footnote
ref 5]. This work was commented upon by Vasumitra and Gu@namati and
later on by Yas'omitra who was himself a Sautrantika and called his
work _Abhidharmakos'a vyakhya_; Sa@nghabhadra a contemporary of Vasubandhu
wrote _Samayapradipa_ and _Nyayanusara_ (Chinese translations of which
are available) on strict Vaibha@sika lines. We hear also of other
Vaibha@sika writers such as Dharmatrata, Gho@saka, Vasumitra and
Bhadanta, the writer of _Sa@myuktabhidharmas'astra_ and _Mahavibha@sa_.
Di@nnaga(480 A.D.), the celebrated logician, a Vaibha@sika
or a Sautrantika and reputed to be a pupil of Vasubandhu,
wrote his famous work _Prama@nasamuccaya_ in which he
established Buddhist logic and refuted many of the views of Vatsyayana
the celebrated commentator of the _Nyaya sutras_; but we regret

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[Footnote 1: See Mrs Rhys Davids's translation _Kathavatthu_, p. xix,
and Sections I.6,7; II. 9 and XI. 6.]

[Footnote 2: _Mahavyutpatti_ gives two names for Sarvastivada, viz.
Mulasarvastivada and Aryyasarvastivada. Itsing (671-695 A.D.) speaks
of Aryyamulasarvastivada and Mulasarvastivada. In his time he found
it prevailing in Magadha, Guzrat, Sind, S. India, E. India. Takakusu