Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra · Chapter 33
athāyuṣmān ānando bhagavatā saṃharṣito bhagavantam idam avocat ||
saṃvidyante bhadantemāny evaṃrū(pāṇi mahānagarāṇi tadyath)ā śrāvas(t)ī (sāke)taṃ caṇpā bārāṇasī v(ai)śālī rājagṛham || kasmād bhagavān evaṃrūpāṇi mahānagarāṇy utsṛjyāsmiṃ ku(nagarake kuṃjakalake koṭṭe śākhāna)garake nagarasthāṇuke parin(i)rvātavyaṃ manyate ||
mā ()tvam ānanda kuśinagarīṃ kunagarakaṃ manyasva kuṃjakalakaṃ vā ko(ṭṭaṃ śākhānagarakaṃ vā nagarasthāṇu)kaṃ vā || tat kasmād dhetoḥ ||
Original text: Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra · Edition: Ernst Waldschmidt, Das Mahaparinirvanasutra, Teil 1_3, Berlin 1950_1951 (Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Klasse für Sprachen, Literatur und Kunst [bis Jahrgang 1949: Phil.-Hist. Kl.] 1949.1, 1950.2,3). · Data entry Klaus Wille · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0