Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c11.s2.47

c11.s2.47

Sonadandasutta (“Dîgha N.”) recurring at many other places, translated at p. 105: samano khalu bho Gotamo daharo samâno susukâlake sobhadrena yobbanena samannâgato pathamena vayasâ agârasmâ anagâriyam pabbajito; samano khalu bho Gotamo akâmakânam mâtâpitunnam assumukhânam rudantânam kesamassum ohâretvâ kâsâyâni vatthâni acchâdetvâ agârasmâ anagâriyam pabbajito. Cf. also the passages quoted later (p. 421). The narrative given in later legends (e.g. “Jât. Atth.” i, p. 61) of the night scene in Buddha's bedroom, which precedes his flight, is to be found, if nothing have escaped me, in the Tipitaka, Yasa (“Mahâvagga,” i, 7, 1. 2) and seems to have been thence transferred at a later time to the legends of Buddha. The age of the Bodhisatta at the time of his Pabbajjâ is stated in the “Mahâparinibbânasutta,” p. 59, to have been twenty-nine years.