[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.s9.20 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.20 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.20 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.20) There are also entire episodes containing names of persons and places and accounts of events—episodes which recur in identical terms in two or more of the Nikāyas. About two-thirds of the \*Mahā-parinibbāna Suttanta\* consists of such \*recurring episodes\* or stock passages¹. This will help to show the manner in which the books were built up. - [Previous: v1.c19.s9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.19) - [Next: v1.c19.s9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.21) - [Up: v1.c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāparinibbānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.20) · Pramāṇa