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* adhi' will be found prefixed to each of the foregoing (attributes of) pre-eminence, 

 glory, celebrity and perspicuity. 



(Here follow a series of quotations showing the instances in 

 which the prefix ' AIM has been so used.) 



" Be it understood that those who are versed in the contents of the ' Pita- 

 kavC (chest) from its being the (Bhdjanan) vessel in which the text is contained, 

 as well as from the circumstance of the Winayo and the rest {Suttantd and 

 Abhidhammo) being also comprised therein, call it ' Tdyo,' Three." 



(Here follows another series of quotations and further explana- 

 tions illustrative of the word Pitakan.) 



" How does it by the Nikdyo division become of ' five classes ?' " 

 " The whole being divided into the Dighanikdyo, Majjhimanikdyo, Sanyut' 

 taniJcayo, Anguttaranikdyo, and Khuddakanikdyo , it becomes of five classes. 

 " It is recorded (in the former Atthakathd.) 



■' To that (book) which contained thirty-four Suttantd composing three Waggo, 

 being the first compiled, the name ' Dighanikdyo'' was given." 



" From what circumstance did it obtain the name of Dighanikdyo ?" 

 <# It is called ' Digha 1 (long) from its containing a collection of the long 

 Suttantd ; and Nikdyo from its being an ' assemblage' of numerous {Suttantd), 

 for instance it is said of the word Nikdyo, ' O bhikkhus I never have I beheld 

 a single " Nikdyo" like that of the thoughts, nor O bhikkhus la" Nikdyo" 

 like that of the animal creation, nor like that of the physical world/ In these 

 various ways, both in sacred and profane language, is this word applied. In 

 reference to the other Nikdyo also, the same construction is to be placed on the 

 word ' Nikdyo.' " 



" Why is it called the Majjhimo Nikdyo '" 



" It is a Nikdyo composed of one hundred and fifty-two Suttantd of (Majjhi* 

 mo) middling or moderate length, commencing with the Suttan called the ' Mu\~ 

 lapaniydya? and classified into fifteen Waggo." 

 " Why is it called the Sanyut ta Nikdyo ?" 



" From its being (Sanyutta) classed together under different heads, com- 

 mencing with the Dewatd- Sanyuttan , containing the A'ghataranan as the first 

 Suttan (of that Sanyuttan), and comprising altogether seven thousand seven 

 hundred and sixty-two Suttantd.'" 



" Why is it called the Anguttara Nikdyo .?" 



" Because it is classed (* Angatirikawasena') under different heads, (or Angd 

 members,) each progressively increasing in number, the first only containing 

 the Chittapariydddnan, and altogether comprising nine thousand seven hundred 

 and fifty- seven Suttantd." 



11 Why is it called Khuddakd Nikdyo ,?" 



*' Because it comprises exclusively of the four Nikdyo (above mentioned) all 

 that remained of the words of Buddho, being the whole of the Winayo and 

 Abhidhammapitakan, and the fifteen sections (of the Suttantd) commencing with 

 the Khuddapdtan as formerly explained." 



* l Thus by the division of Nikdyos they are five." 

 11 How does it by the Angd division consist of nine classes ?*' 

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