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² about the Four councils (saṅgītis) wherein the canon is said to have See Winternitz, History of Ind. Lit. II, pp. 3 ff. But see R. C. ile in Buddhistic studies, pp. 26-72. On the whole the view of Dr. that it is possible that the canon was not compiled all at once, the monks, the most important of which was the Pāṭaliputta session rrect.