Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The Mahavastu gives a Hagiography (Sacred Biography) of the Buddha and describes the emergence of the monastic order in mixed Sanskrit-Prakrit. Reason (R): The trend towards the use of Sanskrit intensified in Mahayana schools. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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