mahīśāsaka
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Mahīśāsaka
One of the major Eighteen Schools of Early Buddhism, thought to have been a 2nd century bce offshoot of the Vibhajyavādins. Based on present knowledge of its Abhidharma doctrines, it is sometimes considered to be a mainland Indian parent school linked to Sri Lankan Theravāda.
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A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)
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