[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922) › v1.c19.s9.18 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.18 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.18 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.18) More than that there are, in each of the four Nikāyas, a very large number of stock passages on ethics found in identical words in one or more of the others. These accepted forms of teaching, varying in length from half a page to a page or more, formed part of the already existing material out of which the Nikāyas were composed. Some of the longer Suttantas consist almost entirely of strings of such stock passages³. - [Previous: v1.c19.s9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.17) - [Next: v1.c19.s9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.19) - [Up: v1.c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.18) · Pramāṇa