A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.155

v2.c19.s3.t2.155

¹ Mrs. *Rhys Davids*, too (Psalms of the Sisters, p. xviii f.) regards the last two "Songs of the Lady Elders" as products of later ornate poetry. away of the Buddha; so also Saṃyuttanikāya I, p. 158: but Buddha himself speaks the verse in Saṃyuttanikāya II, p. 193. The verse occurs again in Saṃy. I, pp. 6 and 200, and Jātaka, Vol. I, p. 392. K. E. Neumann (Lieder der Mönche und Nonnen, p. 243) says: "This famous saying is so popular that it was recited to me in pure Pāli by a servant in Colombo, and, what is still more significant in this case, was excellently interpreted by him in a popular way."