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# CONTENTS.

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PREFACE | ix
| Note on the probable age of the Dialogue | ix
| Note on this Version | xx
ABBREVIATIONS | xxiv
1. | BRAHMA-GÂLA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION | xxv
| TEXT | 1
| (The Sîlas, 3-26.)
2. | SÂMAÑÑA-PHALA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION. | 56
| (Index to the paragraphs repeated in the other Suttantas, 57-59.)
| TEXT | 65
3. | AMBATTHA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION (Caste) | 96
| TEXT | 108
4. | SONADANDA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION | 137
| (The Arhat and the true Brahman.)
| TEXT | 144
5. | KÛTADANTA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION | 160
| (The Irony in this text, 160; Doctrine of sacrifice, 164; Lokâyata, 166.)
| TEXT | 173

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6. | MAHÂLI SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION | 186
| (The Indeterminates; Buddhist Agnosticism, 186; The Sambodhi, 190; Names in the texts, 193.)
| TEXT | 197
7. | GÂLIYA SUTTANTA | 205
8. | KASSAPA-SÎHANÂDA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION | 206
| (Method of the Dialogues, 206; Tâpasa and Bhikshu, ascetic and wandering mendicant, 208; Indian religieux in the Buddha's time, 220.)
| TEXT | 223
9. | POTTHAPÂDA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION (The Soul) | 241
| TEXT | 244
10. | SUBHA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION | 265
| TEXT | 267
11. | KEVADDHA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION | 272
| (Iddhi, 272; Buddhist Idealism, 274.)
| TEXT | 276
12. | LOHIKKA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION (Ethics of Teaching) | 285
| TEXT | 288
13. | TEVIGGA SUTTANTA.
| INTRODUCTION (Union with God) | 298
| TEXT | 300
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PROPER NAMES | 321
INDEX OF PALl WORDS | 328
Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the Buddhists | 331

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