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SSC MTS & Havaldar 2016 · Question 159 of 162

Which is the most important work of the ‘Hinayana school’?

  1. APanchatantra
  2. BMahavastuCorrect
  3. CAshtadhyayi
  4. DZendAvesta

Answer: B. Mahavastu

Explanation

There are two great schools of Buddhist thought, the Mahayana, and Hinayana, or the Great and Small Vehicle, and they correspond to the creative character of the Mind and the senses of knowledge respectively. The Mahāvastu (Sanskrit for "Great Event" or "Great Story") is a text ofthe Lokottaravāda school of Early Buddhism. It describes itself as being a historical preface to the Buddhist monastic codes.

Source: SSC MTS 2016 re-exam (held 10-Oct-2017 Shift 1) paper with key+explanations, via prepp.in · reliable-secondary

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