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CONTENTS.


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PREFACEix
       Note on the probable age of the Dialogueix
       Note on this Versionxx
ABBREVIATIONSxxiv
1.BRAHMA-GÂLA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTIONxxv
   TEXT1
      (The Sîlas, 3-26.)
2.SÂMAÑÑA-PHALA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION.56
      (Index to the paragraphs repeated in the other Suttantas, 57-59.)
   TEXT65
3.AMBATTHA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION (Caste)96
   TEXT108
4.SONADANDA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION137
      (The Arhat and the true Brahman.)
   TEXT144
5.KÛTADANTA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION160
      (The Irony in this text, 160; Doctrine of sacrifice, 164; Lokâyata, 166.)
   TEXT173

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6.MAHÂLI SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION186
      (The Indeterminates; Buddhist Agnosticism, 186; The Sambodhi, 190; Names in the texts, 193.)
   TEXT197
7.GÂLIYA SUTTANTA205
8.KASSAPA-SÎHANÂDA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION206
      (Method of the Dialogues, 206; Tâpasa and Bhikshu, ascetic and wandering mendicant, 208; Indian religieux in the Buddha's time, 220.)
   TEXT223
9.POTTHAPÂDA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION (The Soul)241
   TEXT244
10.SUBHA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION265
   TEXT267
11.KEVADDHA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION272
      (Iddhi, 272; Buddhist Idealism, 274.)
   TEXT276
12.LOHIKKA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION (Ethics of Teaching)285
   TEXT288
13.TEVIGGA SUTTANTA.
   INTRODUCTION (Union with God)298
   TEXT300
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PROPER NAMES321
INDEX OF PALl WORDS328
Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the Buddhists331

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