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BUDDHIST INDIA
APPENDIX TO CILAPTER X
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF BUDDHIST LITERATURE FROM
THE BUDDHA'S TIME TO THE TIME OF A SOKA
1. The simple statements of Buddhist doctrine now found, in identical words, in paragraphs or verses recurring in all the books.
2. Episodes found, in identical words, in two or more of the existing books.
3. The Silas, the Pārāyana, the Octades, the Patimokkha.
4. The Digha, Majjhima, Anguttara, and Samyutta Nikayas.
5. The Sutta Nipäia, the Thera- and Theri-Gātlās, the Udānas, and the Khuddaka Patha.
6. The Sutta Vibhanga and the Khandakas. 7. The Jātakas and the Dhammapadas.
8. The Niddesa, the Itivuttakas, and the Pațisambhidā.
9. The Peta- and Vimāna-Vatthus, the Apadānas. the Cariyā Pitaka, and the Buddha Vamsa.
10. The Abhidhamma books; the last of which is the Kathā Vatthu, and the earliest probably the Puggala Paññatti.
The above table represents the probable order in which the extant Buddhist documents of this period were composed. They were not yet written, and a great deal has no doubt been lost.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
