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In the next place, holding their convocation on the Majjhima-nikdyo 

 amounting to eighty Bhdnawdrd, they consigned the same to the disciples of the 

 (deceased) Sa'riputto, the chief minister of Dhammo, saying, " Charge your- 

 selves with, and propound, this." 



In the next place, holding their convocation on the Sangutta-nikdyo, 

 amounting to one hundred Bh&nawdrd, they consigned the same to Maha'kas- 

 sapo, saying, " Lord ! propound this to thy pupils." 



In the next place (lastly) holding their convocation on the Anguttra-nikdyo, 

 amounting to one hundred and twenty Bh&nawdrd, consigned the same to the 

 th£ro Anu'raddho, saying, " Propound this to thy pupils." 



The Dhdmmasang&ni-Wibhangan, Kathdwatthun, Puggaldn-Ddthuyamakan 

 and Patthdman, (compose that which) is called the " Abhidhammo." Having 

 thus held a convocation on (this portion of) the text, the universally lauded 

 aliment of refined wisdom, the five hundred arahantd chaunted forth (its title) 

 calling it the " Abhidhamma-pitako" as before described, the earth quaked. 



Thereafter the Jdtakan, Mahdniddeso, Chulaniddeso, Patisambhiddmaggo, 

 Suttanipdto, Dhammapadan-uddnan, Itiwuttakan, the Wimdra and Petawatthu, 

 as well as the Thera and Theri-gdthd having also been rehearsed, as a portion of 

 the text, and having given it the name (collectively) of Khuddagantho, the 

 Dighabh&nakd priests assert, that they were included in the convocation, 

 in the same Abhidhammo, while the Majjhimahhdnakd priests maintain that 

 together with the Chariydpitakan, Apaddnan and Buddhawanso, the whole of the 

 Khuddagantho were included in the Suttantapitako. 



Thus, the whole word of Buddho by its (ras6) design is " one single class ;" 

 by its division into Dhammo and Winayo consists of " two classes ;" by its 

 division into first, middle and last, as well as by its division into the (three) 

 Pitakdni, of " three classes;" by its division into Nik&ya' of " five classes j" 

 by its division into Ang&ni of " nine classes :" and by its division into Dham- 

 makhandd of " eighty-four thousand classes." 

 Why is it, by its " design,'* one single class ? 



Because from the moment the supreme omniscient buddhohood was attained 

 by Bhagawa / , till by his having terminated the course of transmigration, he 

 achieved final extinction by his nibb&nan, in which interval a period of forty-five 

 years elapsed, all that was said (by him) whether to dewos, men, ndga or yakkhd 

 as well monitory as illustrative, had but " one single design," the end being 

 supreme beatitude. Thus, by its " design," it is " one single class." 



Why does it by the Dhammo and Winayo division, consist of " two classes ?" 

 The whole being divided into, and called" Dhammo" and " Winayo," numeral 

 computation (makes it so) ; the Winaya-pitakan (alone) composes the Winayo ; 

 the rest of the word of Buddho is denominated Dhammo, as well as for the reason 

 that be (Maha'kassapo) had said, " It would be most proper that we should 

 hold a convocation on Dhammo and Winayo ; that I should interrogate Upa'li 

 on Winayo, and that I should interrogate A'nando on Dhammo.' Thus by 

 the division into " Dhammo and Winayo," it consists " of two classes." 



Why does it by the division into first, middle, and last, " consist of three 

 classes ?" 



Because the whole consists of three divisions, viz : the first words of Buddho, 

 the middle (or central) words of Buddho, and the last words of Buddho. 



