Nâgârdjuna, the Nagasēna of the Milindipanha, was the chief representative, if not founder, of one of the Mahāyāna Schools. He has been regarded as a mythical personage, and the name has been supposed to be the generic one of various authors and doctors of the system. For an account of Hināyāna and Mahāyāna doctrine, with its subdivisions, see Wassilief, _Le Bouddhisme, etc._, pp. 9 _seq._, 118 _seq._; Schlagintweit, _Buddhism in Tibet_, pp. 19-57. Nâlanda must have been a very important centre in Buddhist times.—Fergusson, _Tree and Serpent Worship_, p. 79. Footnote 358: Dr. Edkins says about 190 A.D. Footnote 359: Burnouf, _Introd. à l’histoire du Bud. Ind._ vol. i. pp. 220, 224 (Paris, 1844); also Burnouf, _Le Lotus de la bonne Loi_, chap. xxiv. pp. 261-268; also Appendix III. pp. 498-511 (Paris, 1852). Footnote 360: Müller, Gifford Lectures, _Natural Religion_, p. 543; Dr. Beal, _Buddhism in China_, p. 123; Sir Monier Williams, _Buddhism_, p. 195. Footnote 361: Hodgson, _Illustrations of the Literature and Religion of the Buddhists_, p. 30; Burnouf, _Introduction, etc._, pp. 116-121; also in note at p. 118, quoting Hodgson. Footnote 362: Though strong affinities exist between Gnosticism and Buddhism, which may indicate later connection, in their origin they appear to have been quite distinct. The methods, aims, and terminology of Gnosticism, all betoken derivation from purely Western sources. It is quite possible that Gnosticism may have given Adi-Buddha to the East, but the question of their relations is still undetermined. See Weber, _Hist. Ind. Lit._ p. 309; Obry’s _Nirvana, etc._, p. 161; Bishop Lightfoot, Essay on the Essenes (_Epistle to Colossians_), p. 157; _Home and Foreign Review_, vol. iii. pp. 143 _seq._ (1863). Footnote 363: Sir Monier Williams, _Buddhism_, p. 203; Dr. Beal, _Chinese Buddhism_, p. 128; Dr. Eitel, _Lectures_, p. 98. Footnote 364: Kullavagga, v. 21. 4; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xx. Footnote 365: _Introd._ § vi. p. 558: “La plume se refuse à transcrire des doctrines aussi misérables quant à la forme, qu’odieuses et dégradantes pour le fond.” Footnote 366: Âryasanga, founder of the Yôgacharya or contemplative system of Mahāyāna (_circa_ 400 A.D.). For an account of his doctrine, see Wassilief, _Le Boudd._ pp. 288 _seq._, and Schlagintweit, _Bud. in Tibet_, pp. 39 _seq._, 46 _seq._; Rhys Davids, _Buddhism_, p. 207 _seq._ Footnote 367: