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www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
( 228 ) 11 ahivadanasilisa nica vridhavayarino catvari tasa vardhati aro kirta suba bala O
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Cf. Dhammap., v. 109 + (Saliassav., v. 10) :Abhivādanasilissa niccam vaddhåpacāyino Cattaro dhamma vađakanti: äyu vanno sukhari balaın.
Cf. Fa-kheu-pi-u, sec. XVI. ("The Thousauds"),
p. 108 :
“He who is ever intent on good conduct and due rererence
to others, who always venerates old age, four happy consequences increasingly attend that man--beauty and strength, and life and peace.”.
Cf. Manu, II. 121 (quoted by Fausböll) :Abhivadanašīlasya nityarn víddhopasevinah Catvári tasya vșddhante ayur vidya yašo balam.'
Notes..The Prakrit verse and its Pāli and Sanskrit parallels
extol politeness and respect to the elders as the two cardinal social virtues, and inculcate that these serve to increase the life, fame, peace and influence of a man. They presuppose & common substratum which is no other than a popular mazim setting forth the general sense of Hindu society. The teaching thus inculcated is completely in accord with the Buddhist idea of discipline.' Buddha promulgated respect to the elders as one of the seven conditions of national prosperity and communal well-being (Digha, II. pp. 74, 77). In his younger days he was unwilling to admit in theory any seniority by age, and as a matter of fact, he adhered to his theory throughout his life. The seniority of the Bhikkhus by age was determined by the number of Lents kept by them.
Ahio stands for Pili and Sk. abho. This is perhaps the only instance in our text where he corresponds to
Iu Jolly's edition, the socond lino ronis :
Catyari treya vardhanta ayuh prnjilt yaso balani,
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