Prakrit Dhammapada

SR No.: 020564
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Benimadhab Barua, Sailendranath Mitra
Publisher: Satguru Publications
Publication Year: 1988
Total Pages: 331
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 14 MB

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www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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of this kind', to such a thought his mind is not attached with a passionate longing.") So also with regard to the remaining senses, all collectively termed khandha in the Dhammapada Comy.; and the same explanation holds true of the future and the present.
The chapter contains 25 stanzas.
[9. Suhavaga]
The following 20 stanzas expressive of the optimistic outlook of the Buddhist recluse life constitute a group, similar to and partly identical with the Sukhavagga of the Pali text (ch. xv.), where the total number of verse is 12. Sec. XXIII. of the Fa-kheu-king, corresponding to the Pali Sukhavagga, contains 14 verses, and the same group in the Udanavarga (ch. xxx.) contains altogether 53 verses. Although the colophon indicating the total number of verses in the Prakrit group is missing from the existing Kharosthi Ms., it may be judged from the general trend of thought that the group ended with the 20th stanza. The juxtaposition of the Jara and Suha groups is a remarkable feature of the Prakrit text, and it serves to bring out prominently, by a contrast of two modes of reflection on two aspects of human life, the bright prospect that lay before the religious life of the Buddhist Bhikkhus.
1 [aroga parama labha satuthi parama dhana vispasa1 parama mitra]2 nivana paramo suha (0)3 (Cro, 24) 2 (jiga) [cha parama (r)ok(a)] [saghara parama duha
eta ñatva ya]dhabh(u)tu nivana paramo suba O (Cv, 25)
M. Sonart tentatively roads raspasa, which is no doubt a mistake of the scribo. See his notes on the word (p. 78).
Frag. C. 11vo, 3. The circle is supplied by us. • Supplied by us in the light of the Pali jigacchā. M. Senart rends ka. Frag. C. XXXIX, 1,-not adjusted by M. Senart; r and a, put within brackets, are supplied by us. Frag. C. 110, 4. • Supplied by us.
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