Manual of Indian Buddhism c4.s8.22

c4.s8.22

³ Samaññaph. S. in different versions; cp. above p. 32, note. The reappearance there of Pūraṇa-Kaśyapa, notwithstanding his previous death, has nothing in it to surprise us. For what kind of historical value the Buddhist authorities attach to such tales, is egregiously exemplified by the fact that the six heretical teachers reappear on the scene in the days of Nāgasena and the King Menander — as busy and mischievous as ever; Mil. P. pp. 4 ff.