Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c11.46

v1.c11.46

⁴ In the Abhiṣkramaṇa-sūtra (Beal, op cit., pp. 258-386) the life-story is continued further, and includes the following topics:— Conversion of Yaśa and his friends, Buddha's visit to Śrāvastī, stories of the conversion of Pūrṇa Maitrāyaṇiputra, Mahākātyāyana of Avantī, Sobhiya of Takṣaśilā, the three Kassapas, Bimbisāra, Mahākāśyapa, Mahāprajāpati, Bhadrakā, Sāriputra and Mudgalaputra, Udāyi, Upāli, Rāhula, Nanda, Ānanda and other Śakyan youths. All these topics are given also in the Mahāvastu but in a scattered form.