仏陀の生涯最後の一年を詳述した『長部』第十六経で、最後の説法と遊行、クシナーラーでの入滅と荼毘の経緯、その後さまざまな要求者への遺骨の分配と記念のストゥーパへの奉安までを扱う。

The sixteenth discourse of the Dīghanikāya, a detailed account of the final year of the Buddha’s life, covering his last teachings and travels, the circumstances of his death and cremation at Kusinārā, and the subsequent division of his relics among various claimants and their enshrinement in commemorative monuments.