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www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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psychological form, can be traced in a few verses of the Snttanipāta .. 1100, 1107, 1109 and 1111, containing Buddha's replies to the questions of the Brāhman youth Udaya. The questions and replies together constitute a poem known as .lilayamā nu capucchi belonging to the Pārāyana-group, which as a separate entity constituted one of the oldest kuown materials of the Pali canon." In fact, our verses may be justly regarded as a later recast of the idea of the 'ārāyana discourse, and the link in the transformation is preserved in a few technical expressions which, though not exactly identical in both, have at least & striking likeness proving their kinship e.g. niväranain (of the Sattanipāta) and puriturona (of our Prakrit); dhamma. tukkaparejurn and thumatrukehi sahato, sa medithipurejavn; satarsa and smalisa ; nibbananı iti vuccati and ninonasera satie; and here it may be noted with profit that the Suttanipāta verses themselves presuppose simila: Indian ideas, such as those which can be traced in the Kathopunishall (I. 3, 3-9):
"Atmånań rathinan riddhi, sariraṁ ratliam ova ta Buddhiṁita särathii viddhi, manaḥ pragrabam eva ca. Indriyāṇi hayān āhar rişayåmsteşu gocarán, Atmêndriyamanoyuktam bhoktêtyahur maņişiņah. Yastravijñanarán bharatyayuktena manasă sada Tasvêndriyanyavasyäni dustasvă iva säratheh. Yasta vijñanavân bharati yaktena manasā sada
Tasyêndriyāṇi raśyāni sadagvā iva sāratheh." Compare also Manu (II. 88):
“ Indriyāņāın vicaratām viņayeşrapahārişu
Sariiyame yatnamâtişthedvidvāuyantêra vājinām."
Verse. 1.-(U)juo=ujuko. The initial » stands for the Sk. ? exactly as in Pali. The gutlural kis elided between u and . The word is a derivative of nju, Sk. rju, straight.' Namo=Pali namo, Sk. namu. (from nāman), by name,'
called,'--the same as nams which occurs trvice in this verse. The shortenint of nī into na is due to special feature of the dialect of our text which completely does o way with all long vowels. M. Senart is not fully certain about the readingo in the syllable wo of uomo. The balance of probability lies with the form name, but the change of n into o in this exceptional form may have been
Fausbüll'a Prefnce to the Sultanipata, pp. iv.v; Buddhist India, p. 188.
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| SR No. | 020564 |
| Book Title | Prakrit Dhammapada |
| 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 |