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[^1): Therag. 196, 607, *cf.* 20, 1002. [^2): Therag. 1017, translation by Mrs. *Rhys Davids*, Psalms of the Brethren, p. 349. The verse is ascribed to Revata, the brother of Sāriputta, in 658. Perhaps the verse is only an enlargement on the last words of the Buddha (Mahā-Parinibbāna-Sutta, Dīghanikāya XVI, 6, 7 : appamādena sampādetha). [^3): Therag. 1159, translation by Mrs. *Rhys Davids*, Psalms of the Brethren, p. 385. The verse is here said to have been spoken concerning the passing away of Sāriputta. In Mahā-Parinibbāna-Sutta, Dīgh. XVI, 6, 10, god Sakka recites the verse on the passing are probably so old that Moggallāna or another of the first disciples of Buddha could have composed them. Here, as in all the collections of the Tipiṭaka, the old and the new are combined, and here too the scholar will have to determine the age of each portion separately on its individual merits.