The Sautrantika school of early Buddhism emerged as a primary intellectual counter-movement. What was their specific doctrinal contention against the Sarvastivada school?

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The Sautrantikas (followers of the sutras) challenged the burgeoning scholasticism of the Abhidhamma scholars. They maintained that Buddhist authority rested solely on the direct recorded words of Buddha (Sutras). They viewed the massive metaphysical encyclopedias of the Sarvastivadins as unnecessary intellectual baggage constructed by later monks, rather than original enlightenment insights.

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