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UPSC PYQPrelims 2020

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 22

With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements: 1. Sthaviravadins belong to Mahayana Buddhism. 2. Lokottaravadin sect was an offshoot of Mahasanghika sect of Buddhism. 3. The deification of Buddha by Mahasanghikas fostered the Mahayana Buddhism. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (B) 2 and 3 only

व्याख्या

Sthaviravadins were the early 'elders' school, the forerunner of Theravada (Hinayana), not Mahayana. Lokottaravada branched from the Mahasanghikas, whose view of a supramundane Buddha fostered Mahayana.