ABSTRACT

THE following history of the world's renovation and of the origin of castes is taken from the fifth volume of the 'Dulva, fo1. 155-166. It also occurs in the third volume of the same work, fol. 421-430; but several interesting passages are there omitted, although the rest of the text is exactly the same as that of vol. v. In the third volume it is Maudgalyayana who, at the Buddha's request, tells to the Qakyas the story of the world's regeneration, and of the ancient peoples who inhabited it. The Buddha feared that if he himself told the story the tirthikas wo\ild accuse him of unduly extolling his own clan (D. iii. 420b). In the fifth volume the story is told to the bhikshus by the BuudlJa, to teach them how sin first made its appearance in the world.