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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
( XXIV ) upplied as a test of chronology, the Pāli Dhammapada will appear to be older than the Fa-kheu-king original in Mixed Sapskrit, the latter than the Prakrit text, the Prakrit text than the Avadāna original of the l'a-kheu-pi-u, the Avadana original than the Divyâvadāna verses, these verses than the Sanskrit text with 900 verses, this Sanskrit text than Vasubandhu's Gäthäsangraha, and the Gathāsangraha than the Udāpavarga which is the latest copy of the Dhammapada. The chronological position of the Mahāvastu Dhammapada in Mixed Sanskrit, with the text of 700 verses, remains yet to be ascertained. Now we shall examine the third instance.
III Påli-yo ca vassasatan janto aggim paricare vane
Ekañca bhävitattāna muhuttam api pūjaye
Så yeva pājanä seyyo yañ ce vassasatan hutat. Prakrit-ya ja vaşašata jatu agi pariyare vane
chirena sapitelena divaratra atadrito O eka ji bhavitatmana muhuta viva puae
sameva puyana şebba ya ji vaşašata huta o Fa.kheu-pi-u—"If a man lives a hundred years, and engages the (S. VI Metta, whole of his time and attention in religious offerp. 71). ings to the gods, sacrificing elephants and horses,
and other things, all this is not equal to one act
of pure love in saving life.” Mahāvastu—Yo ca varşašata jive agniparicaram caret Dhammapada Patrâhāro chavīvāsi karonto vividhari taparin
Yo caikam bhāvitatmānam mubūrtamapi pūjayet
Sä eka pūjana áreyo na ca varşašatam hutam. Udanavarga--"If a man live for a hundred years in forest, wholly
relying on fire (Agni), and if he but for one single moment pays homage to a man who meditates on the self, this homage is greater than sacrifices for
a hundred years." In this instance we observe that the Păli is the same as its Sanskrit counterpart in the Udānavarga, while there are two
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