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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
( xxxviii)
of each of these verses and that of the second line of one verse in Prakrit:
(i) Mäse måse sahassena yo yajetha sataṁ samaṁ. (Sahassav., v. 7, 1st line).
(ii) Mäse mase kusaggena bālo bhuñjetha bhojanaṁ, Na so sankhatadhammanaṁ kalam agghati solasiṁ. (Balav., v. 11, note 2nd line).
Judging by the arrangement of the Prakrit verses (6-16), we at once perceive that the multiplication passed through no less than two intermediate stages, in the first of which the number multiplied by the first process and in the second by the second.
The chapter on the Bhikkhu contains a sub-group which will seem highly important in determining the relative position of the Dhammapada texts. We quote it below with a view to facilitating comparison:
Pali-Mettavihari yo bhikkhu pasanno buddhasasane
Adhigacche padaṁ sāntaṁ sankhārûpasamaṁ sukham Pamojjabahulo bhikkhu pasanno buddhasåsane Adhigacche padaṁ säntaṁ sankhārûpasamaṁ
Bukhaṁ.
Prakrit-Metravihari yo bhikhu prasanu budhaśasane tunati pavaka dharma drumapatra ba marutu O Metravihari yo bhikhu prasanu budhasasani paḍivijbu pada sata sagharavośamu suha O Udagacitu yo bhikhu abhivuyu priapria adhikachi padaŝata akavuruşasevita O Pramojabahula yo bhikhu abhivuyu priapria adhikachi padaśata aseyane ya moyaka O
Mahavastu-Maitravihārī yo bhikṣu prasanno buddhaśāsane
Dhammapada Adhigacchati padaṁ santam asecanam ca mocanaih. Karuṇāvihāri yo bhikṣu prasanno buddhasusane Adhigacchati padaṁ santam apṛthagjanasevitaṁ. Muditavihari yo bhiksu prasanno buddhassane Adhigacchati padaṁ säntaṁ akāpuruşasevitain.
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