Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c8.2

c8.2

Dirghagama and Dighanikaya.—The Chinese Dīrghāgama (No. 545 of Nanjio’s Catalogue) contains thirty sūtras instead of the thirty four of Pali. After a comparison of these, Nanjio concludes that six of the former collection “seem not to be given in the Pali text, or at least with different titles.”¹ These are: (5) on the four castes’; (11) ‘on the Ekottara (dharma)’; (12) ‘On the Trirāśi (Dharma)’; (15) ‘on (the city) ö-tho-i-(?)’; (17) ‘on the pureness (of practice)’; (30) ‘on the record of the world.’ On the other hand, the following ten suttas are missing in No. 545 (Dīrghāgama): (6) Mahāli°; (7) Jāliya°; (10) Subha°; (17) Mahāsudassana° (but found in the Madhyamāgama);² (22) Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna°; (24) Pāṭika°; (27) Aggañña°; (29) Pāsādika° (30) Lakkhaṇa°; (32) Āṭānāṭiya°.