UPSC Prelims 2017 – Question 52

Q52. 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 constituts of phenomena were not wholly momentary, but existed forever in a latent form.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

The Correct Answer is 2 only. 

• The Buddhist sects are Sautrantikas and Sammtiyas. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect. 
• The term “Sautrantika” refers to a sutra follower. 
• Sautrantika is widely regarded as another school of Buddhism that arose within the Sarvastivada sect. 
• Sarvastivadin: While all Buddhists believe that everything empirical is impermanent, the Sarvastivadins believe that the dharma factors are eternally existing realities. This Buddhist sect believes that everything exists and exists continuously in the past, future, and present. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

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