Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c14.s12: Ceti or Cedi
Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c14.s12
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Ceti or Cedi
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The country of the Cedis to the west of Kosala lay, it seems, beyond the pale of Buddhism during Buddha’s lifetime. Sahajāti, a place in Cedi, attained some prominence as a centre of Buddhism after the death of Buddha. In the Aṅguttara and Saṃyutta Nikāyas⁴ we come across the name of this place as the scene of some of the discourses delivered by the bhikkhu Mahācunda and as the resort of many bhikkhus.*
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⁴ Aṅguttara, III, p. 335; V, pp. 41, 157; Saṃyutta, V, p. 436.
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∗ Here ends the story of the propagation of Buddhism in the Majjhima-desa. In the countries called Paccantima-janapada, the place
Cites (3)
- Mahācundasutta — Pāli
- Saṃyuttanikāya — Pāli
- Aṅguttaranikāya — Pāli