Vimuttimagga and Visuddhimagga - A Comparative Study

The references are to the number of the book page (the reverse side of the page being indcated by the addition of the letter 'a' to the.number) and column. [...] The Roman figures in the marginal notes of the synopsis refer to the chapters of the Visuddhimagga and the following Arabic figures show the number of the paragraph. [...] The division of the books seems to be based on no other principle but the convenience of the size of each book while the division of the chapters is more systmatic being based on the proper division of the subject matter. [...] a nuber of the verses at the end of chapter XVIII of the Visuddhmagga about the intedependence of 'name' and 'form' are found in the Vimuttimagga' in almost similar words the variations being noted in the detailed synopsis of the Vimuttmagga. [...] We find the same mention in the Vimuttimagga.' The remarks by both the authors about the natural and artificial kasina in the case of the first four kasinas agree and we may explain this as due to the same common source of the Atthakathas.