Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
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

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DHAMMAPADA.
BUDDHIST PATRIARCHS.
Ordination of Birth. Ordination. successor. Death. (Generally 527... 461 447 20 years (60) before
416 397 419 421)
Upâli
Patriarchate.
30
Age. 94
Dâsaka ordination
50
ordination.) 461
45
Saunaka
416)
350
86
44 (47)
376) 379 > 381
353
Siggava
419 421)
(40) 376}
(64) 312 ,
3124
3001
96
50 (52)
Tishya
253
233
100
68
1
(60)
Mahendra 273 253 · 193 80 40
282 (284) If we test the dates of this table by the length of time assigned to each patriarchate, we find that Upâli ruled thirty years, from Buddha's death, 477 to 447; Dâsaka fifty years. To Saunaka forty-four years are assigned, instead of forty-seven, owing to a fault pointed out before ; and to Siggava fifty-two years, or fifty-fivel instead of fifty. Tishya's patriarchate is said to have lasted sixty-eight years, which agrees with previous statements.
Lastly, the years of the death of the six patriarchs, as fixed according to the reigns of the kings of Magadha, agree extremely well.
Upâli died in the sixth year of Udâyi, i.e.453–6=447B.C. Dâsaka died in the eighth year of Sisunâga, i.e. 405–8=
397 B.C.
Saunaka died in the sixth year of the Ten, i.e. 359-6= 353 B.C., showing again the difference of three years.
| The combined patriarchates of Saunaka and Siggava are given as 99 by the Dipavamsa.
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