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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 115 - Messenger to the Buddha
tataḥ saṃbhṛtasaṃbhāro'nyatamaṃ puruṣamāmantrayate: ehi tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa; yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṅkrāma; upasaṅkramyāsmākaṃ vacanena bhagavataḥ pādau vanditvā alpābādhatāṃ ca pṛccha alpātaṅkatāṃ ca, laghūtthānatāṃ ca yātrāṃ ca, balaṃ ca, sukhaṃ ca anavadyatāṃ (a 415 ) ca, sparśavihārataṃ ca; evaṃ ca vada, āgacchatu bhagavān śrāvastīm; ahaṃ bhagavantamupasthāsyāmi yāvajjīvaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṅghena <iti>; evamārya iti sa puruṣo'nāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapateḥ pratiśrutya yena rājagṛhaṃ tena samprasthitaṃ; anupūrveṇa rājagṛhamanuprāptaḥ; tato mārgaśramaṃ prativinodya yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṅkrāntaḥ; upasaṅkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte'sthāt; ekāntasthitaḥ sa puruṣo bhagavantamidamavocat: anāthapiṇḍado bhadanta gṛhapatirbhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vandate; pūrvavadyāvatsparśavihāratāṃ ca; sukhī bhavatu bhoḥ puruṣa anāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatistvaṃ ca; anāthapiṇḍado bhadanta gṛhapatirevamāha: āgacchatu bhagavān śrāvastīm; ahaṃ bhagavantamupasthāsyāmi yāvajjīvaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṅgheneti; adhivāsayati (179) bhagavāṃstasya puruṣasya tūṣṇīṃbhāvena; atha sa puruṣo bhagavatastūṣṇīṃbhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavato'ntikātprakrāntaḥ