The Netti-Pakarana

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Excerpt from The Netti-Pakarana: With Extracts From Dhammapala's CommentaryV. 3 of the Samgaha as well as the repeatedly occur ring formula 'therefore the venerable Mahakaccana said' are later additions, which were inserted into our text by the rehearsers of the Holy Writings at the First Convocation. Of course, the author of the Oommen tary was of opinion that he could speak so without prejudice to his belief as regards the authorship of the Netti. Our first task therefore will be to search out the evidence which both he and the Buddhists of to-day possess to account for the high antiquity they accord to our work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.