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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 179 - The story of the Kinnara and the Kinnarī
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ brahmadatto nāma rājā babhūva; so'pareṇa samayena mṛgavadhāya nirgataḥ; anupūrveṇa parvatakandaraṃ praviṣṭaḥ; tena tatra kinnaraḥ kinnarī ca dṛṣṭā; kinnaraḥ suptaḥ, kinnarī jāgarti; rajñā ākarṇaṃ dhanuḥ pūrayitvā kinnaraḥ śareṇa marmani tāḍitaḥ; prāṇairviyuktaḥ; rājñā kinnarī gṛhitā bhāryāṛthāya; rājā tāmādāya saṃprasthitaḥ; sā kathayati: deva tiṣṭhatu tāvat, anujānīhi māṃ yāvadasya kinnarasya śarīrapūjāṃ kariṣyāmi iti; rājā saṃlakṣayati: kva gamiṣyati; paśyāmi tāvatkathamasya śarīrapūjāṃ karoti iti; sā tena samanujñātā; tatastayā taṃ kinnaraṃ kāṣṭhairavaṣṭabhya citāṃ prajvālyātmā prakṣiptaḥ; devatā gāthāṃ bhāṣate
anyathā cintito pyartha anyathā parivartitaḥ |
kinnarīṃ ramayāmīti kṛtaṃ prāṇivadhadvayam || iti
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavaḥ? yo'sau kinnara ahameva sa tena kālena tena samayena; yāsau kinnarī eṣaiva sā yaśodharā; tadāpyanayā mamārthāyātmā citāyāṃ muktaḥ; etarhyapyanayā mamārthāyātmā śaraṇapṛṣṭhānmuktaḥ iti.