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Dighanikaya 26.80

Sumaṅgalavilāsinī 26.80

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26.80

Evaṃ me sutanti cakkavattisuttaṃ. Tatrāyamanuttānapadavaṇṇanā – mātulāyanti evaṃnāmake nagare. Taṃ nagaraṃ gocaragāmaṃ katvā avidūre vanasaṇḍe viharati. ‘‘Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesī’’ti ettha ayamanupubbikathā –

"Thus have I heard" is the Cakkavattisutta. Here is the explanation of the unfamiliar words: "in Mātulā" means in the town of that name. Making that town his alms-resort, he was dwelling in a woodland thicket not far away. Here, regarding "There the Blessed One addressed the monks," this is the narrative sequence:

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