Ayaramga Sutta

Author(s): Hermann Jacobi
Publisher: UK Pali Text Society

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I'REFICE.
The infinitive takes tum, um, itum or tac, ittue after the root khamtum, paum, jiritum; bhattae, pâyae, gacchittae.
To illustrate the above remarks on the Prâkṣit language I subjoin a Pâli translation of the beginning of the Âcârânga Sûtra: sutam mayâ âvuso tena bhagavatâ ovam akkhâtam: iha ekcsam no saniñâ bhavati, tam yathâ : puratthimâya disaya âgato aham asmi, dakkhiņâya vâ disaya âgato aham asmi pacchimâya vâ disậya âgato ahain asini, uttaraya vâ disaya âgato aham asmi, uddhầya vâ disâ ya âgato aham asmi, adhodisaya vâ âgato aham asmi, aññatarâya và disåya anudisaya vâ âgato aham asmi; evam ekesam no nâtam bhavati: atthi me attâ opapatiko, natthi me attâ opapâtiko, ko aham âsim, ko vâ ito cuto peccâ bhavissâini, adum yam puna jâncyya sahasammutiyâ paravyâkaranena Vâ aññesam và antiko sutva, tam yathâ, etc.
This edition of the Âcârânga Sûtra is based on two very good and old MSS.
A a MS. on palm-leaves containing the text and the Commentary of Çilârika. It has been fully described in Dr. Bühler's Report on Sanskrit MSS., 1872-73, p. 4. The date at the end is Samvat 1348, being equal to 1292 A.D.
B a MS. on paper, 37 leaves, 15 lines, 'Samvat 1498 or 1442 A.D. It is accordingly just 150 years younger than A. Berlin Collection MSS. or. fol. 643. Besides thoso MSS. I have inspected, and occasionally consulted, three MSS. of my collection and some more of that of Berlin, all of which are considerably younger than AB. As all MSS. contain the same text, viz. that on which Çîlânka commented (Çaka 798 or 876 A.D.), and which can be almost verbally reconstructed from his commentary, and as the difference between them relates only to spelling and abbreviations, not to mention clerical mistakes, I thought myself justified to dispense with comparing these MSS. throughout and noting their irrelevant various readings.
As regards the orthographical questions I can briefly refer the reader to my remarks on that point in the “ Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft,” v. 34, 180 fll.