Editing Sarvastivada (section)

===Mūlasarvāstivādins===
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There is much uncertainty as to the relationship of the Mūlasarvāstivāda (meaning root or original Sarvāstivāda) school and the others. They were certainly influential in spreading their Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya, as it remains the monastic rule used in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism today. Also, they seem to have been influential in Indonesia by the 7th century, as noted by [[Yijing (monk)|Yijing]].<ref>Coedes, George. ''The Indianized States of South-East Asia.'' 1968. p. 84</ref>

A number of theories have been posited by academics as to how the two are related including:<ref>{{cite book|last=Sujato|first=Bhikkhu|url=https://santifm.org/santipada/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Sects__Sectarianism_Bhikkhu_Sujato.pdf|title=Sects & Sectarianism: The origins of Buddhist Schools|publisher=Santipada|year=2012|page=135|author-link=Bhikkhu Sujato}}</ref>

* Frauwallner holds that Mūlasarvāstivāda was the community of [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]], which was an independent group from the Sarvāstivādins of Kaśmir. According to Bhikkhu Sujato, this theory has "stood the test of time".
* Lamotte thought that the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya was a late compilation from Kaśmīr. 
* Warder suggests that the Mūlasarvāstivādins was a late group who compiled a Vinaya and the ''Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna Sūtra.''
* Enomoto holds that the Sarvāstivādin and Mūlasarvāstivādin were the same. 
* Willemen, Dessein, and Cox hold that this group is really the Sautrāntika school who renamed themselves in the later years of the Sarvāstivāda school history.