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Āsīvisopama Sutta

Sutta

A discourse likely identical with the Āsīvisa Sutta, said to have been taught by Majjhantika Thera to convert the people of Kasmīra and Gandhāra, and later by Mahinda to convert thousands 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.

SN 35.238

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