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² See above, p. 42. According to *Windisch*, Buddhas Geburt, p. 104, Majjh. 123 is merely a shorter version of the Mahā-Apadāna-Sutta. There is, indeed, a most striking agreement between the two, except that Dīghanikāya 14 tells of the birth of Buddha Vipassi. On the importance of the Sutta Majjh. 123 in the development of the Buddha legend in the later texts, cf. *Windisch*, l. c., p. 107 ff.