PROF. SATIS CHANDRA VI DYA BED'S AN A 



supposed to have been chanted by these six sthaviras. As the Thera-gatha is believed 

 to have been compiled at the time of the First Buddhist Council, these six sthavi- 

 ras must have lived before the 5th century B.C. 



«T l^T ^*§ *fij W ^WS^WcTiT I 



fcTOfft f%55fT ^TfOfTrT Sffcf «J^B mW7{ II ^o || 



STffiPRHTCSTft 3*T II 



Ajita thera is said to have chanted the following stanza : — 



^fsfcft" Sfret I 



Theragdthd, Tikanipata). 



( Theragath d, Eka n ipd ta ) . 



Pindola (or Pindola Bharadvaja) chanted the following stanzas : — ' 



^Ilf l*f? fa^ *g*s*ft *fcT f^TT ^Slfr ^«*l*T 11 v^ 11 



£31 1^ ^R^Rl ftrJJSt^HT^I^t $<t JTTWT^ 3THlf«3ITfcT II 



( Theragdthd, Dukanipdta ) . 

 Bakula chanted the following: — 



3*3T *ft Ti*7i 31*TT q^T xW ^tgcTHjfcT ft ^4 || 



9^ fir ^ff^r^T 3^ fir 3% *r 1 ^f^f^T 1 ?f ^ 1 



■s. V 



^I^tt^ ^TRWR TTfC5IIlf*fI TTf^cTT 11 ^ 11 



^"faf f<^*r #*f ^w ^# f«r^5j?icftfeT 11 srTf'si tfrt 11 



(Theragdthd, Tikanipata). 



The Theragdthd mentions two sthaviras named respectively, Bhaddiya and Bhadda, and it is not known whether our Bhadrika 

 is identical with the first or the second. Bhaddiya chanted several stanzas (842^865) of which the last one runs as follows .' — 



(Theragdthd, Vlsatinipdta). 

 Bhadda, too, chanted several stanzas (473-479)1 of which the last one is as follows : — 



5uf«T3T 3tI3*eN «t^t *r ^nwq;n i 



Kft 3*T I 



(Theragdthd, Sattanipdid). 



