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A division of the Sabbatthivādī sect.

The Sankantikas were an offshoot of the Kassapiyā (Mhv.v.9; Dpv. v.48; Mbv.96).

The Kathāvatthu Commentary (Points of Controversy, p.101) states that the Kassapiyā held that the past survives, as presently existing, in part.


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