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but at the same time without rejecting the tenets of the th£ros resident at the 

 Mahawiharo* (at Anurddhapura) who were like unto* luminaries to the gene- 

 ration of th£ros, and the most accomplished discriminators (of the true 

 doctrines). 



The (nature of the) Silqkatka, Dhutadhammd, Kammatthdndni, together 

 with all the Chariydividhdni, Jhdndni, the whole scope of the Samdpatti, the 

 whole of Abhinhdyo, the exposition of the Parind, the Khandd, the Dhdtu, the 

 A'yatan&ni, Tndriydni, the four Arydni-sachchdni, the Packchaydkdrd, the pure 

 and comprehensive Nayd and the indispensable Maggd and Wiphassanabhawana 

 —all these having, on a former occasion, been most perspicuously set forth by 

 me, in the Wwudhimaggo, I shall not therefore in this place, examine into them 

 in detail. The said Wisudhimaggo being referred to in the course of the four 

 A'gamd (NiJcdyd will afford, as occasion may require, the information sought. 



Such being the plan adopted, do ye therefore (my readers), consulting also 

 that work (the Wisudhimaggo}, at the same time with these AtthaJcathd, 

 acquire the knowledge of the import developed of the Dighdgamo. 



The contents of the Dighdgamo are, of the Waggo (class) three — namely, the 

 SilawaggOf the Mahdwaggo and the Pdtikawaggo, consisting of thirty-four $ut- 

 tdni of which (Dighdgamo) the Silakkhandho is the first Waggo / and of the 

 Suttdni (of that Waggo) the Brahmajdlan is the first Suttan. 

 Concerning the Brahmajdlan : — 



Its commencement ("Ewamme sutan"). " It was so heard by me" is the 

 Niddnan (explanation) afforded by the venerablef A'naxdo on the occasion of 



the FIRST GREAT CONVOCATION (PaTHAMA' MaHA a SaNGI'ti"). 



Why was this first great convocation (held ?) 



In order that the Niddnan of the WinayajntaJco, the merits of which are con- 

 veyed in the Pdli (Tanti) language (might be illustrated). On this occasion 

 also) (i. e. in the illustration of the Suttapittako) the object, be it understood, 

 was the same. 



When (was it held ?) 



On the occasion on which Bhagawa', the saviour of the three worlds, who 

 had realized the reward of Nibbanan, by overcoming liability to further trans- 

 migration, having fulfilled the objects of his divine mission, — commencing with 

 the propounding of the Dhammappawattanan Suttan on his first entrance as 

 Buddho into Bdrdnasi, to his having brought under sacerdotal subjection Sub- 

 addho, the Paribbdjako — realized (at Kasindrd in the Upawattano garden of the 

 Malta race) his Parinibbdnan (while reposing) between two sal trees, on the 

 dawn of the day of the full moon of the month of Wesdkho. 



Upon that occasion, when the Dhdta (corporeal relics) of Bhagawa' were dis- 

 tributed (at his funeral pile), the venerable Maha'kassapo wss the Sanghathero 

 (the chief priest) of seven hundred thousand priests there assembled. On the 



* Vide Chap. XV. of the M&hdwanso, for the construction of this wihdro com- 

 menced before C. B. 306, which is still in existence, though in a ruinous state at 

 Anarddhapuro. 



f This appears to be a term purely of veneration, without reference to the age 

 of the party addressed. \ 

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