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VI.
MAHẬ-PARINIBBÂNA-SUTTA.
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And Vethadipaka the Brâhman made a mound in Vethadipa over the remains of the Blessed One, and held a feast.
And the Mallas of Pâvâ made a mound in Pâvâ over the remains of the Blessed One, and held a feast.
And the Mallas of Kusinârâ made a mound in Kusinârâ over the remains of the Blessed One, and held a feast.
And Dona the Brâhman made a mound over the vessel in which the body had been burnt, and held a feast.
And the Moriyas of Pipphalivana made a mound over the embers, and held a feast.
Thus were there eight mounds [Thûpas] for the remains, and one for the vessel, and one for the embers. This was how it used to be .
[63. Eight measures of relics there were of him
of the far-seeing eye, Of the best of the best of men. In India seven
are worshipped, And one measure in Râmagama, by the kings of
the serpent race. One tooth, too, is honoured in heaven, and one in
Gandhâra's city, One in the Kalinga realm, and one more by the
Nâga race.
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1 Here closes Buddhaghosa's long and edifying commentary. He has no note on the following verses, which he says were added by Theras in Ceylon. The additional verse found in the Phayre MS. was in the same way probably added in Burma.
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