Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c8.103

c8.103

The fact that in contrast to the Saṃyutta, the verses of Anuruddha are made to precede the utterance of Ānanda in the Dīgha, is, according to Przyluski, to be explained as a triumph of the theologians.³⁵ This appears quite likely, although Rhys Davids thinks it “scarcely possible.”³⁶