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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Khuddakanikāya of the Theravada (Sthavira vāla) canon preserved in Ceylon, Siam and Burma. There is a commentary which tradition attributes to Buddhayhosa, thoughi, judging by its style, one cannot bely doubting if Buddhayhosa ras its real author. It is stated in the opening verses that the existing coinmentary iu Păli was based upon an older comincutary in Singhalese and that the author undertook the work at the instance of Thera Kuināra Kassapa (of Ceylon). The commentary itself consists of 26 chapters, each one of which appertains to a chapter of the text. One or more verses of a group are encased in a prose story setting forth the occasion on wbich the Buddha uitered the verse or verses. A prose exegesis forms a sequel to the moral verse or verses and is itself followed by au identification of the Buddha with the heru of the story if it happeus to be au account of his previous birth, and by a statemeut of the psychological effect of the discourse on the mind of the learer. ludeed, the inethod of the Dhammapada Commertary is precisely like that of the Jātaka Commentary, edited by l'ausböll. We have three editions of the Dhammajada Commentary, one in Singhalese character, published in C'eylou, another in Roman, published by the Pali Text Society and a third in Devanāgari, published by the Buddhist Text Society, the last one containing the text and the prose exegesis
(ii) Prakril Dhunmapuita. Of this copy we have preserved vuly ouc fragmentary manuscript in Kbaroşthi, found among the ruins of the Gośținga-vihāra, 13 miles from Khotan in the circle of Indiau colonies. In the abseuce of a complete record it is impossible to say exacliy low many chapters and verses the text contained. It is equally difficult to ascertain the arrangement of its chapters from detached plates and fragments on which M. Senart's edition is based. The chapters and verses, as they occur in our arrangement, are as follows :--- Orier of Champiter Name of Chapter Number of l'eroes
Maguvaga
pranatlu vartil Citaraya
(chapter incomplete)
301
l'
e vu Tu
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