The table of rains retreats in the later commentaries records the Buddha's 19th on Mount Cāliya, the same as the previous year; the Chinese Sengqieluocha suoji jing also records it on Mount Zheli, and says that in Year 21 he returned to Mount Zheli. The table does not record what happened during this retreat. Taishō Canon
Different Accounts
Another commentary on the Vinaya of the Southern tradition has Rājagaha.
More differences between accounts (2)
The later commentaries have Years 18 and 19 both on Mount Cāliya; the Sengqieluocha suoji jing has Year 18 at Rājagaha and Year 19 on Mount Zheli.
The attendant Meghiya's wish to go alone to meditate in a mango grove, and a weaver's daughter at Āḷavī attaining the three years after hearing a teaching, both take this year as one of their possible years; see “Events of uncertain year”.
Dating
Year 19 after the Awakening, the Buddha aged fifty-three, during the rains retreat; the year is given by the later commentaries, and only the year is known.
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Research Notes: Reliability, Dating and Sources
- How Reliability Is Assessed
Not recorded in the early sutras and Vinayas of any school; found only in the commentaries or later Buddha biographies. Later addition.
- Dating Evidence and Precision
Stated in the canonical text (the text itself gives the time); commentarial dating (the canonical texts give no date; later commentaries record it). Time precision: year only.
Sources
- 巴利註解書巴利註釋 AN-a，§37
- 巴利註解書巴利註釋 Bv-a
- 大正藏大正藏 T04 no.194 p.144b
- 巴利註解書巴利註釋 Jinacarita