With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements: 1. Sautrantika and Sammitiya were the sects of Jainism. 2. Sarvastivadin held that the constituents of phenomena were not wholly momentary, but existed forever in a latent form. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. Incorrect. Sautrantika and Sammitiya were Buddhist sects, not Jain sects. Hence Statement 1 is wrong.

2. Correct. The Sarvastivadin school of Buddhism held that dharmas exist in the past, present and future; they were not treated as wholly momentary in the strict sense, but as existing in a latent form across time. Hence Statement 2 is right.

Therefore, only Statement 2 is correct — (b).