Mahiṁsāsaka untranslated

Mahiṁsāsaka, Mahiṁsāsakas. An heretical sect, which broke off from the Theravādins at the same time as the Vajjiputtakas. The sect was later divided into the Sabbatthivādīs and the Dhammaguttikas (Mhv.v. 6, 8; Dpv.v.45, 47; Mhv­ṭ. 174f.; Mhv. 96). They held that the truth of nirodha had two aspects (Kv.ii.11; see also viii.9; xviii.6; xix.8; xx.5; and Rockhill, op.cit., 182-186, 191-192). Buddhadeva Thera, at whose request the Jātaka Commentary was written, belonged to the Mahiṁsāsaka vaṁsa (Ja.i.1). Faxian found a group of monks belonging to this sect in Ceylon (Giles, op.cit., p. 76.).