Ubhinnamantare pañcacattāḷīsavassāni pupphadāmaṃ ganthentena viya ratanāvaliṃ āvuṇantena viya ca kathito amatappakāsano saddhammo majjhimabuddhavacanaṃ nāma.

Taṃ sabbampi saṅgayhamānaṃ piṭakato tīṇi piṭakāni honti, nikāyato pañca nikāyā, aṅgato nava aṅgāni dhammakkhandhato caturāsīti dhammakkhandhasahassāni. Kathaṃ? sabbampi hetaṃ piṭakato vinayapiṭakaṃ suttantapiṭakaṃ abhidhammapiṭakanti tippabhedameva hoti. Tattha ubhayāni pāṭimokkhāni dve vibhaṅgā dvāvīsatikkhandhakā soḷasa parivārāti idaṃ vinayapiṭakaṃ nāma. Brahmajālādicatuttiṃsasuttasaṅgaho dīghanikāyo, mūlapariyāyasuttādidiyaḍḍhasatadvesuttasaṅgaho majjhimanikāyo, oghataraṇasuttādi- sattasuttasahassasattasatadvāsaṭṭhisuttasaṅgaho saṃyuttanikāyo, cittapariyādāna- suttādinavasuttasahassapañcasatasattapaññāsasuttasaṅgaho aṅguttaranikāyo,

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