Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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MAHÂVAGGA.
I, 6, 31.
Hearing the shout of the earth-inhabiting devas, the kâtumahârâgika devas (gods belonging to the world of the four divine mahârâgas) shouted, .... (&c., as above). Hearing the shout of the kâtumahârâgika devas, the tâvatimsa devas', .... the yâma devas, .... the tusita devas, .... the nimmânarati devas,.... the paranimmitavasavatti devas, .... the brahmakâyika devas shouted: ‘Truly the Blessed One, ...:'(&c., as above).
31. Thus in that moment, in that instant, in that second the shout reached the Brahma world; and this whole system of ten thousand worlds quaked, was shaken, and trembled ; and an infinite, mighty light was seen through the world, which surpassed the light that can be produced by the divine power of the devas.
And the Blessed One pronounced this solemn utterance: 'Truly Kondañña has perceived it ("aññasi”), truly Kondañña has perceived it!' Hence the venerable Kondañña received the name Aññatakondañña (Kondañña who has perceived the doctrine).
32. And the venerable Aññatakondañña, having seen the Truth, having mastered the Truth, having understood the Truth, having penetrated the Truth, having overcome uncertainty, having dispelled all doubts, having gained full knowledge, dependent on nobody else for knowledge of the doctrine of the Teacher, thus spoke to the Blessed One: 'Lord, let
1 The thirty-three devas of the Vedic mythology. This enumeration gives the gods who reside in the different worlds, beginning from the lowest (the bhummâ deva, who inhabit the earth), and gradually ascending to the higher devalokas. See Hardy, Manual, P. 25.
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