Collins, Steven <br/><br/>
Agganna sutta = the discourse on what is primary: an annotated translation from Pali/ 
by Steven Collins. 
 - New Delhi :   Sahitya Akademi,   2001. 
 - 101 pages ; 22 cm 
<br/><br/> Tipiṭaka.<br/>Discourse on what is primary 
<br/><br/>1. Some Remarks on the Conlext(s) of AS --  i. In world history: agrarian social order -- ii. In early Indian history: towns and small-scale politics -- iii. In early Indian cultural debate: competing hierarchical models -- II. Some Remarks on the Text of AS -- i. Is the test as we have it a clumsy patchwork? -- ii. What is the nature of the 'satire' in AS? --iii. AS in relation to other early texts -- iv. Notes on the status of my interpretation -- III. The Story of Origins, Monastic Life and Ideals, and the Vinaya -- i. Individual verbal reminiscences of the Monastic Code (Vinaya) -- ii. The five impossible things -- iii. 'Making a store': the Fall of Mankind and Vinaya Infractions -- IV. The Structure of AS and Fifty words -- Notes to the Introduction-  End Notes, Translation<br/>Introduction -- The Discourse on What is Primary --Notes to the Translation -- Abbreviations -- Appendix 1 : On the Word Mahasammata -- Appendix 2 : Is there a 'Social Contract' in AS ?<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788126012206 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhism -- Sacred books.<br/>Buddhism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>181.043  / COL/A