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"Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo bhikkhū āmantesi – ekamidāhaṃ, āvuso, samayaṃ pāvāya kusināraṃ addhānamaggappaṭipanno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehī"ti (dī. ni. 2.231; cūḷava. 437) sabbaṃ subhaddakaṇḍaṃ vitthāretabbaṃ.
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‘ Then the venerable Maha Kassapa addressed the bhikkhus thus: “ Friends, on one occasion, journeying on the road from Pava to Kusinara with a large community of bhikkhus, with as many as five hundred bhikkhus, ( Vin.ii.284-5), the whole of which account in the Subhadda Chapter should be cited in full.
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