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... five years fulfilling , in every manner , all his obligations to the world ... hundred thousand leading monks . Thera Mahākassapa was then the Sanghatthera ... five hundred excellent bhikkhus , who had mastered the ninefold doctrine , 1 ...
... five years fulfilling , in every manner , all his obligations to the world ... hundred thousand leading monks . Thera Mahākassapa was then the Sanghatthera ... five hundred excellent bhikkhus , who had mastered the ninefold doctrine , 1 ...
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... five hundred sons of noble families received ordination and likewise one thousand five hundred daughters of noble families . Henceforth when a son was born to the royal household there , the kings named them " Soņuttara " . Emulating ...
... five hundred sons of noble families received ordination and likewise one thousand five hundred daughters of noble families . Henceforth when a son was born to the royal household there , the kings named them " Soņuttara " . Emulating ...
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... five theras , the Thera Malayamahādeva , who received the sour millet , shared it with nine hundred bhikkhus and ... five hundred in number . The Thera Dhammadinna , residing at Talanga , ate it having given to twelve - thousand in the ...
... five theras , the Thera Malayamahādeva , who received the sour millet , shared it with nine hundred bhikkhus and ... five hundred in number . The Thera Dhammadinna , residing at Talanga , ate it having given to twelve - thousand in the ...
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The Visit of the Tathāgata | 17 |
The Dynasty of Mahāsammata | 25 |
The First Council | 27 |
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