Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c12.s7.4

c12.s7.4

It is generally assumed that these Sūtras were selections from the extensive Buddhist canon, which according to the tradition, had been constituted already before the time of Aśoka. Under this assumption, all the texts except the first have been identified. Accordingly Aliyavasāni has been identified with Aṅguttara II, 27, Anāgatabhayāni with Aṅguttara III, 103, Munigāthā with Munisutta of the Suttanipāta, Moneyasute with Ratha-vinita-sutta of the same text, Upatisa-pasine with the Rathavinita-sutta of the Majjhima (I, 146-51 ) and the Lāghulovāde with the Rāhulavāda-sutta of the Majjhima (I. 414).