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¹ See above, p. 27f. *Rhys Davids*, Dialogues of the Buddha, II, p. 72. It is only by comparing the Pāli text minutely with the Sanskrit texts, in which fragments of a Parinirvāṇa-Sūtra have come down to us, and with the Tibetan and Chinese translations, that we can discern which parts of the Sutta are ancient and genuine. Cf. *Windisch*, Māra und Buddha, p. 33 ff., *Oldenberg*, ZDMG 52, 1898, p. 628, *J. S. Speyer*, ZDMG 53, 1899, p. 121 ff., *J. Edkins*, JRAS 1881, p. 66 ff. For the Chinese translation of the Mahā-Parinirvāṇa-Sūtras. *Carlo Puini*, in GSAI 21, 1908, 59 ff. ; 22, 1909, p. 1 ff. For a comparative study of the different Parinirvāṇa texts see *M. Przyluski* in JA 1918-1920, s. II, t. XI, 485 ff. ; XII, 401 ff. ; XV, 5 ff.