A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.38

v2.c19.s3.t1.38

If, as we have shown, the Dīghanikāya is composed of earlier and later portions, it cannot be the earliest work of the Canon, as *Franke* endeavours to prove,[^4) and there is no justification for the attempt to construct “the doctrine of Buddha in its earliest accessible form” from the Dīghanikāya. It is only by comparing *all* the ancient Buddhist texts, which are scattered in the *various* collections, that we can attempt