Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t4.29

v2.c35.s3.t4.29

This text contains almost all the chapters of the vinaya of the Theravādins and the Mūlasarvāstivādins,³ and apears to be a much shorter version of the text of the latter. From the title, one expects ten chapters, but actually there are fourteen, and so we have to assume that four of the fourteen chapters were later additions or were originally treated as supplements. The 11th, 13th and 14th chapters are no doubt later additions, but it is difficult to ascertain the fourth additional chapter. A close study of the Chinese translation along with the Sanskrit text of the Mūlasarvāstivādins will reveal the actual position.