UCC ID: UCCIK-154859

NCC ID: UCCIK-19.086b.5

Name Of The Text: महापरिनिर्वाणसूत्र (Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra)

Name Of The Author: अज्ञात(Unknown)

Total Manuscripts: 17

Subject: Bud. 

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Details Of The Text: also called as Mahāparinibbāṇasutta and Nirvāṇasūtra. 16th sutta from Dighanikāya of Suttapiṭaka; narrates the final episodes of Buddha's life; available in several recensions. q. by Asanya in his C. on Uttaratantra of Ārya Maitreya. See Wint. HIL. II. p. 38 ff. See JRAS. NS. VII (1875) pp. 49 ̶ 80. VIII (1876). pp. 219 ̶ 61; JRAS. (1952) 166. JAOS (1952) 190; J. of Ind. and Bud. Studies, Tokyo III (1954 ̶ 55). 249 ̶ 50. IV (1956). 126 ̶ 27. For an account of Sthaviravāda recension, see A. K. Warder, Ind. Bud., pp. 67 ̶ 80; also Intro. pp. xii ̶ xvii of edn. of Dīghanikāya (2. Mahāvagga) Nalanda Dng. Pāli Ser. Patna. For a comparative study of Parinirvāṇasūtra, see JA. 1918 ̶ 20. II. XI. 485 ff., XII. 401 ff. XV. 5 ff.; For a comparative study with Cullavagga, see IHQ. VIII. pp. 241 ̶ 46. See also SBE. XI. Book of the Great Decease, Intro. pp. xxxi ̶ xlviii, English transl. 1 ̶ 136. Ptd. (1) Colombo, 1887. (2) Societa Asiatica Italiana, Giornale, Firenze, 1887. (3) Ed. By E. Waldschmidt, Berlin, 1950 ̶ 51. (4) Jñānamaṇḍala, Benares, 1958.

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