A secondary division of the Vajjiputtaká, their immediate parent-body being the Mahásanghikas. Later, from the Gokulikas, sprang two other schools - the Pańńattivádins and the Báhulikas (or Bahussutikas) (Dpv.v.40; Mhv.v.4f.; Mbv., p.96). Their most important heresy seems to have been that they considered all sankháras, without qualification, no better than a heap of embers (kukkula) whence the flames have died out as from an inferno of ashes. They based this view on the Buddha's declaration made in the Adittapariyáya Sutta ("All is on fire, bhikkhus") (Kvu.ii.7, p.208, and Points of Controversy, 127f). This view was probably responsible for their other name of (Kukkulikas or Kukkutikas) (Rockhill, 186ff). It may be that Kukkulika was their earlier name, of which Gokuliká was either a corruption or a derivation from the name of one of their teachers. But all Páli records give only the "Gokulika" reading.