The early Buddhist school known as the Pudgalavadins or Sammitiyas courted intense philosophical controversy among other heterodox sects primarily because they advocated which specific doctrine?

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The Pudgalavada system tried to solve a major metaphysical riddle: if there is no permanent soul (Anatta), who experiences the fruits of karma and transitions across births? They introduced the concept of the Pudgala (person) which exists in an indescribable (anirvachaniya) relation to the physical components. Traditional schools like the Theravadins fiercely attacked this as a covert reintroduction of the Brahmanical Atman heresy.

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