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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6 gamirapraña medhavi marga[ma]rgasa koi?“ [utamu pravara vira tam ahu bromi bramana] Cf. Dhammap., 403.
a. I have already noted some spellings like gamira =gambhira. The end of this pâda presents some difficulty. It is hard to believe that our text does not correspond to that of the Pâli. In the syllable which I transcribe as i, we could, it is true, admit the elision of , just as we have ascertained that of the b in supraudhu and praujhati, A1, 4, 9. It does not yet appear to me certain, a little probable though it may be, that the reading should be bi, with the frequent change of into ; although half of the last letter is destroyed, what remains of it does not seem to warrant the letter da, and I do not yet see any other reading to suggest, that may at the same time be plausible to the sense and consistent with the trace of the manuscript.
7 diva tavati adicu rati abhai" cadrimu sanadhu [chatrio tavati jhai tavati bramano adha sarva ahoratra budhu tavati teyasa 50' ]
Cf. Dhammap., 387.
u. The bh of abhai is written by the same character as the bh in A, 1 (cf. note). For the elision of t between two vowels, cf. phusai, A3, 10, note e.
. The cipher is here added on the margin, at the end of the line, and without the addition of ga[tha]. The scroll-mark that denotes the end of chapters is thrown into the next line, as can be seen from our fac-simile.
8 kaena savruto bhikhu atha vayai s.v.to [manena savruto bhikhu sarva drugatio jahi O]
a. Sarrulo sameylah. For the change of
into ru,
we may compare 1. 25 apru[tha]jana. I restore rayai racaya (although the transverse line of i
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