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www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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No. of Verses Title of Chapter
Pali Fa.kbaa-king
Dhammapada Original 11. Jardragga (Chapter on Old Age) ... 12. Attavagga (Chapter on elf) ... 13. Lokavagga (Chapter on the World) ... 14. Buddhavagga (Chapter on the Bud
dha) 15. Bukhavagga (Chapter on Happiness) 16. Piyevagga (Chapter on the Agreeable) 17. Kodhavagga (Chapter on Anger) ... 18. Malavagga (Chapter on Impurity) ... 19. Dhammatthavagga (Chapler on the Just) 20. Maggavagga (Chapter on the Way)... 21. Pakiņpakavagga (Miscellaneous Vorses) 22. Nirayavagge (Chapter on Hell) .. 23. Någavagga (Elephant Verses) 24. Taghāvagga (Chapter on Desire) ... 25. Bhikkhavagga (Bhikkhu Verses) 26. Brāhmaṇavagga (Brahmana Verses)...
Total namber
... 423
The Fa-kheu-king Original had a commentary of the Avadāna type, which was translated into Chinese "by two Shamans of the western Tsin dynasty (A.D. 265 to A.D. 313) " under the title of “ Fa-kheo-pi-ü,-.e. parables connected with the book of scriptural texts." With regard to this work Beal says: "......it contains certain parables, or tales, connected with the verses which follow them, and which prompted their delivery... . The method adopted in this work is to give one or two tales, and a verse or more, as the Moral. The chapters are identical with the Fă-kheo-king--the only difference being that the verses or gathas are fewer--they are, in fact, only a selection from the whole to meet the requirements of the story preceding them. This arrangement is in agreement with the original design of the work. Buddhaghosha, we are told, gives for each verse a parable to illustrate the
· Beal's Dhammapain, 11. 25.
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