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KULLAVAGGA.
XII, 1, 8.
they assembled together with the intention of doing so.
But the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakandaka, rose up into the sky and descended at Kosambi. And he sent messengers to the Bhikkhus of the Western country, and of Avanti, and of the Southern country', saying, 'Let your reverences come! We must take in charge this legal question before what is not Dhamma is spread abroad, and what is Dhamma is put aside; before what is not Vinaya is spread abroad, and what is Vinaya is put aside; before those who argue against the Dhamma become powerful, and those who argue in favour of the Dhamma become weak ; before those who argue against the Vinaya become powerful, and those who argue in favour of the Vinaya become weak.'
8. Now at that time the venerable Sambhàta Sânavâsi' was dwelling on the Ahoganga Hills And thither the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakandaka, went; and on his arrival he saluted the venerable Sambhūta Sânavâst, and took his seat on one side : and being so seated he said to him:
'Lord, these Vaggian Bhikkhus of Vesâlt have
i On these terms, compare note on Mahấvagga VII, 1, 1.
? Sânavâsî is, literally, he who wears a hempen dress. In the traditions of the Sanskrit Buddhist literature we find mentioned a Sânavâsika, said to be a predecessor, in the teacher and pupil line, of Upagupta (Wassilief, p. 44). The Nepalese call him Sonavâsî (Rajendralál Mitra, 'Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepál,' p. 10). He is the hero of the Sanavasi Avadâna part of the Bodhisatva Avadana Kalpalata (Mitra, p. 67, Bendall Catalogue of Cambridge MSS.,' p. 42), where the name is explained: 'I wished for an ochre-coloured robe (sona); hence I was called Sanavâsi.'
s See, for the position of this mountain, our note last quoted.
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