Āsīvisopama Sutta
Sutta一部经,可能即是毒蛇喻经,传为末阐提长老用以度化罽宾与犍陀罗人所说,后摩哂陀亦以此经在斯里兰卡阿努拉达补罗度化众人。
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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