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The relation between Ma, Ti and Tp may be represented in the following diagram. It should be noted that the position of Tp to the left of Ti is arbitrary; it does not imply that Tp is closer to the source of the three MSS than Ti.
1-699
1-699
1-196
197-699
1-699
Ed. 492-496
197-699
Ma
Тр
The third South-Indian recension seems to have existed in relative isolation. As will be shown below the Telinga and Second Telinga-recensions have both drawn their Gāthās from, among others, this recension, but these seem basically to be instances of one-way traffic only. An exception, however, is Tp, which shows traces of having been contaminated by T. With the latter Tp shares the following innovations:
20 desu suhaa majjha oās a Tp, suhaa maha desu oasa T (de suhaa majjha oās aṁ), 49 lagga (cf. Ma lakkā) (lukkā), 243 sohai (chajjai), 497 vārei maí (cf. , Y, S) (vāreha nan), 626 khana (chana), 677 rosaņań (rūsanan).
From the fact that at least one of these innovations concerns à reading
