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# A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.18

A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.18

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### [v2.c19.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.18)

¹ Upasampadā-Kammavācā, formularies for admission into the Order. These were first published by \*F. Spiegel\* (Kammavakya, liber de officiis sacerdotum Buddhicorum, Bonnae ad. Rh. 1841), with Latin translation, then by J. F. \*Dickson\* (JRAS 1875, p. 1 ff.) with English translation. The last-named also describes the ceremony of admission, as it is still performed to-day in Ceylon. Other Kammavācā have been published and translated by \*O. Frankfurter\*, Handbook of Pāli, London, 1883, Herbert \*Baynes\* (JRAS 1892, p. 53 ff. ; cf. also p. 380), \*Śarat Candra Das\* in JASB 63, Part I, 1894, p. 20 ff. and G. L. M. \*Clauson\* (JPTS 1906-1907, pp. 1-7).

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