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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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Verse 17.-Yatha-Pali yittham, Sk. istam. root in the Prakrit word has not, like the Sk., undergone any transformation.
Ga 17 marks the end of the chapter and means, as before, that the chapter contains 17 stanzas.
[6. Panitavaga or Dhamathavaga]
This group, of which the name is suggested by the word dhamatha occurring in v. 1 or by panita in v. 3, infra, consists of ten stanzas, as may be ascertained from the colophon, "ga 10" (I. cro, 34). Verse 3 of the Prakrit group has a parallel in one of the verses of the Panditavagga of the Pali Dhammapada (ch. VI.), and some of the rest of the same group in other chapters of the Pali. The Dhammaṭṭh vagga of the Pali Dhammapada (ch. XIX.) contains 17 stanzas, of which none is to be found in the Prakrit group. The corresponding chapter in the Fakheu-pi-u (sec. XXVII.) also contains 17 stanzas which agree generally with the Pali. Chapter XI. of the Udanavarga has 16 stanzas, of which four are similar to those in the Fali group. The Pa ila or Dhamatha group is comparatively of little importance; it teaches whom we are to regard as virtuous and what should be his conduct.
1 [silamatu suyisacho]' dhamatho sadhnjivano atmano karako sadhu ta jano kurati3 priu O
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Cf. Dhammap., v. 217 † (Piyavagga, v. 9): Siladassanasampaunam dhammaṭṭham saccavādinam Attano kamma kubbanaṁ tam jano kurute piyaṁ.
Cf. Udanav., ch. v. ("Agreeable Things"), v. 25
He who observes the law, who is perfectly virtuous, modest, speaking the truth, doing what he ought to do, delights the rest of mankind."
Dhammapada, chap. vi. (Panditavagga)-14 stanzas Fa-kheu-pi-n, sec. XIV. ("The wise man")-17
Udanavarga, chap. vt. ("Morality ")-20 Frag. C. Ivro, 3, completed by fr. C. uro, 1.
M. Souart dares not change it into kuruti, though he thinks auch a reading is very probable.
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