Dipa,

CSCD = Chattha Sangayana CD-ROM
it is a project of the vri (vipassana research institute), Dhammagiri, India
Chattha Sangayana = Sixth (dhamma) Council.

Here, you can read a brief history, on all the six councils held so far:
http://www.tipitaka.org/roman/chattha.html

Here's a whole website based on the CSCD:
http://www.tipitaka.org/

metta.
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On 5/25/07, Dipa <sisterdipa@...> wrote:
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> What does CSCD stand for?
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> thanks,
> Dipa
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> dhamma_joti <dhamma_joti@... <dhamma_joti%40yahoo.com.sg>> wrote:
> Could somebody tell the derivation of 'mahaaraha.m' from the
> phrase 'mahaaraha.m aasana.m'.
> Is it: 1. mahaa+aaraha.m = the great (holy)?
> 2. mahaa+raha = the great solitude; the great privacy?
> 3. or is it merely the same as 'mahaa'?
> 4. others?
> Here is the full sentence:
> Tata raajaa ha.msara~n~no mahaaraha.m aasana.m.
> By PTS, it is translated into:
> Then the king offered the goose-king a COSTLY THRONE.
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> One more, in Jaataka Vol. V, edited by Fausboll, page 354, a
> sentence is written thus:
> navutiha.msasahassaa Buddhaparisaa.
> While in CSCD (From the same tale), Jaataka-a.t.thakathaa-5, Roman
> page 354, it is written:
> channavuti ha.msasahassaa buddhaparisaa.
> As far as I know, navuti = 90 while channavuti = 96. Could anyone
> help me find the verification of this number? or Could it be that
> PTS might have misprinted the word (as at the beginning of the tale
> on page 337, it's written 'channavuti' by PTS? or am I missing
> something?
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> NB: Do geese fly? Did geese fly? Shouldn't it have been swans?
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> Thanks in advance,
> Happy Vesak,
>
> Jo.
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> Kalamas, when you yourselves know: 'These things are good; these things
> are not blamable; these things are praised by the wise; undertaken and
> observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness,' enter on and abide in
> them. AN 3.65
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