Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch v1.c19.77
Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch v1.c19.77
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Sinhalese tradition states that the canon as we now have it was fixed at the third Council held at Pataliputra in the reign of Asoka (about 272–232 B.C.). The most precise statements about this Council are those of Buddhaghosa who says that an assembly of monks who knew the three Pitakas by heart recited the Vinaya and the Dhamma.