Āsīvisopama Sutta
SuttaEin Sutta, wahrscheinlich identisch mit dem Āsīvisa-Sutta, das der Überlieferung nach von Majjhantika Thera zur Bekehrung der Bevölkerung von Kasmīra und Gandhāra gelehrt wurde und später von Mahinda zur Bekehrung Tausender in Anurādhapura, Sri Lanka.
Probably refers to Āsīvisa Sutta (S.iv.172), but may be (2).
It was taught by Majjhantika Thera to the Nāga-king Aravāla and the people of Kasmīra and Gandhāra.
Eighty thousand of the listeners accepted the new religion and one hundred thousand were ordained after the discourse (Sp.i.66; Mhv.xii.26).
It was also taught by Mahinda in Sri Lanka in the Nandanavana at Anurādhapura on the third day after his entry into the city. Thirty thousand people were converted. Ibid., xv.178-9; Sp.i.80; Mbv.133.
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