A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.10

v2.c19.s2.10

¹ According to Dīghanikāya XIV, 3, 22-28, at an earlier period—the legend is here dealing with the period of the former Buddha Vipassī—the Buddhist monks appear to have assembled every six years at some large centre, for the recital of the Pātimokkha, which then was merely a kind of confession of faith, though the expression pūtimokkho-padesāya is the same as in Majjh. 77 (Vol. II, p. 8), where there is mention of the fortnightly celebration.