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the subject. To explain the meaning of the expression ©esco^-sicDsKa© 

 wisayakkhettan, it is stated that " he knows anything which he 

 wishes to know within the infinite Sakwalas." §«c8'S)«te«>5)o 

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 cp.s>oQ*9c3od!toe3*9. Wisayakkhettanpana ananthaparimanesuhi 

 ohakkewalesu yan yan tathagatho akankathi than than janathi. 

 Wisayakkhettan, is, in the infinite and limitless sakwalas, anything 

 that the Tathagatha wished to know that he knows. qpoS®3Sv33 



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<S^53es§3Sj«s3SiS aparimanesuhi chakkawalesu aparimananan maims- 

 sanan wannasautanadiwasena dwepi ekasadisadisan natthi. " In the 

 infinite number of Sakwalas no two of the infinite number of men 

 are alike, in their features." (Manorathepureni 7th Nipata.) In the 

 Anguttara Nikaya, page 55 © Buddha, speaking to Ananda, says 



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^ocsd^dx-sssfo essjcseao g§)§<s^s33£3o' tasrnin sahassadha loke sa- 

 hassan chandanan saliassan surujanan, sahassan sinerupabbataraja- 

 nan sahassan jambu depanan sahassan aparagoyanan sahassan uttere- 

 kurunan sahassan pubbewidehanan. "In that Sapassadha world 

 there are 1000 moons, 1000 suns, 1000 maha merus, 1000 jambu- 

 dwipas, 1000 aperagoyanas, 1000 utterakurus, 1000 pubbewide- 

 has." (It is evidently clear that although Buddha does not give a 

 description of the sakwalas, yet he takes it for granted that the po- 

 pular view of a sakwala is correct, and teaches accordingly). The 

 whole of the Pitakas and Atuwavas were caused to be written by 

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S5«D3(5s>Q3 ®a3&>6&&)t£Qa)o&ozgo atha sattanan buddhi parihanin 

 diswa mahanubhawa, panchasata arahanta lankadipe malayadese 

 alokalene nisenna, janapadadhipatina katarakkha p6tthe kesu likha- 

 pesun ; " then having seen the failure of men's wisdom 500 Rahats 

 of eminent power in the cave Aloka in the province Malaya in 

 Lanka, under the guardianship of provincial rulers caused to be 

 written (i. e. the whole of e53d)3^S°es©§£)©©2>3° sattakathan 

 sabban buddha wachanan, the whole of Budha's words with their 

 comments) in books" (Sarasangaha). 



(13.) The size of the Chakkawala is given in Wisuddimagga 

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