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Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c8.63

Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c8.63

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c8.63

An examination of the final verses, moreover, shows that they too are not free from later addition. First we have three lines of query²¹ “Kattha āpo ca paṭhavī tejo vāyo na gādhati| Kattha dīghañca rassañca aṇuṃ thūlaṃ subhāsubhaṃ Kattha nāmañca rūpañca asesaṃ uparujjhati.|| Then follows the answer (Tatra veyyākaraṇaṃ bhavati): “Viññāṇaṃ anidassanaṃ anantaṃ sabbatopabhaṃ ettha āpo ca” etc. till “asesaṃ uparujjhati Viññāṇassa nirodhena etth’etaṃ uparujjhati.”