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Sanghabhedavastu [sanskrit]
79,275 words
The Sanskrit edition of the Sanghabhedavastu: The 17th and last section of the Vinaya of the Mulasarvastivadin. The text includes descriptions of the life of the Buddha Original titles: Saṅghabhedavastu (सङ्घभेदवस्तु), Saṃghabhedavastu (संघभेदवस्तु, Samghabhedavastu)
Chapter 85 - Proclamation of Dharmacakra
bhaumā yakṣāḥ śabdamudīrayanti, ghoṣamanuśrāvayanti: etanmārṣā bhagavatā vārāṇasyāmṛṣivadane mṛgadāve triparivartaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ dharmyaṃ dharmacakraṃ pravartitam, apravartyaṃ śramaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā māreṇa vā brahmaṇā vā kenacidvā (137) loke <sahadharmataḥ> bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai arthāya sukhāya devamanuṣyāṇāmiti divyāḥ kāyā abhivardhiṣyante, āsūrāḥ kāyāḥ parihāsyante iti; bhaumānāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā antarikṣāvacarā yakṣās<tamanuśrāvayanti> cāturmahārājakāyikā devāḥ trāyastriṃśā yāmāstuṣitā nirmāṇaratayaḥ paranirmitavaśavartino devāḥ; tena kṣaṇena, teṇa lavena, tena muhūrtena, tena kṣaṇalavamuhūrtena (a 392 ) yāvadbrahmalokaṃ śabdo'gamat; brahmakāyikā devāḥ śabdamudīrayanti; ghoṣamanuśrāvayanti: etanmārṣā bhagavatā vārāṇasyamṛṣivadane mṛgadāve triparivartaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ dharmyaṃ dharmacakraṃ pravartitamapravartyaṃ śramaṇena brāhmaṇena vā devena vā māreṇa vā brahmaṇā vā kenacidvā punarloke sahadharmataḥ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai arthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanuṣyāṇāmiti divyāḥ kāyā abhivardhiṣyante; āsurāḥ kāyāḥ parihāsyanta iti; pravartitaṃ bhagavatā vārāṇasyāmṛṣivadane mṛgadāve triparivartaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ dharmyaṃ dharmacakramiti; tasmādasya dharmaparyāyasya dharmacakrapravartanamityadhivacanaṃ