8. Mahiṃsakaraṭṭhassāsanavaṃsakathāmaggo
8. Idāni
M0.184 yathāvuttamātikāvasena mahiṃsakaraṭṭhasāsanavaṃsakathāmaggaṃ vattuṃ okāso anuppatto , tasmā taṃ vakkhāmi .Tatiyasaṅgītāvasāne hi mahāmoggaliputtatissatthero mahārevattheraṃ mahiṃsakamaṇḍalaṃ pesesi ,- tvaṃ etaṃ raṭṭhaṃ gantvā ettha sāsanaṃ patiṭṭhāpehīti .
Soca attapañcamo hutvā mahiṃsakamaṇḍalaṃ agamāsi paccantimesu janapadesu pañcavaggo gaṇo alaṃ upasampadakammāyāti maññamāno .
Thero mahiṃsakamaṇḍalaṃ gantvā devadūtasuttaṃ kathesi .
Suttapariyosāne cattālīsapāṇasahassāni dhammacakkhuṃ ppaṭilabhiṃsu .
Cattālīsaṃyeva pāṇasahassāni pabbajiṃsu .
Gantvāna raṭṭhaṃ mahiṃsaṃ , mahārevo mahiddhiko ;
Codetvā devadūtehi , mocesi bandhanā bahūti .
Adhunā pana tattha sāsanassa abbhehiviya paṭicchannassa sūriyassa okāso dubbalo hutvā paññāyati .
Iti sāsanavaṃse mahiṃsakaraṭṭhasāsanavaṃsakathāmaggo
Nāma aṭṭhamo paricchedo .