A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.112

v2.c19.s3.t2.112

¹ When, among the verses ascribed to Ānanda (Therag. 1018-1050) we also find verses referring to Ānanda, and among others, verses in praise of Ānanda, or when, in the verses ascribed to Moggallāna (1146-1208) the legends of Moggallāna related in Majjhimanikāya 50 are also interwoven, and so on, we see that the monks, who ascribed these verses to certain Theras and Therīs, knew just as little of the real composers of the songs as the compilers of the Anukramaṇīs knew of the composers of the Ṛgveda hymns (*cf.* above, Vol. I, p. 57 f.).