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MAHAVAGGA.
4. Then the Blessed One preached to them,
(&c., as in chap. 8. 2, or 9. 3).
5. And having seen the Truth,.. (&c., as in chap. 9. 4 down to:). Thus these venerable persons received the upasampadâ ordination.
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I, 14, 4.
Here ends the story of the thirty rich young companions.
End of the second Bhânavâra.
15.
1. And the Blessed One, wandering from place to place, came to Uruvelâ. At that time there lived in Uruvelâ three Gatilas1, Uruvelâ Kassapa, Nadi Kassapa (Kassapa of the River, i. e. the Nerañgarâ), and Gaya Kassapa (Kassapa of the village Gayâ). Of these the Gatila Uruvelâ Kassapa was chief, leader, foremost, first, and highest over five hundred Gatilas; Nadi Kassapa was chief. . . . (&c., down to highest over) three hundred Gatilas, Gayâ Kassapa was chief. . . . . . (&c., down to highest over) two
hundred Gatilas.
2. And the Blessed One went to the hermitage of
1 The Gafilas (i. e. ascetics wearing matted hair) are Brahmanical vânaprasthas. The description of their ascetic life given in many passages of the Gâtaka Atthavannanâ and of the Apadâna exactly agrees with the picture of the forest life of the ióßto which so frequently occurs in the Mahâbhârata. In the Mahâvagga (VI, 35, 2) it is expressly stated that the Gafilas recognised the authority of the Veda, and it is in keeping with this that the usual term for adopting the state of a Gafila is 'isipabbaggam pabbagati' (frequently in the Gât. Atth.), i. e. leaving the world and becoming a Rishi.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |