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The Kāludāyi-Theragāthā as transmitted in the Pali commentaries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2019
Abstract
While the Theragāthā contains only ten verses attributed to the Elder Kāludāyi, the Pali commentaries ascribe a further two sets of verses to him. The present article aims to carry out a detailed survey of these verses, which have so far received no scholarly attention, as a contribution to the understanding of the formation of Kāludāyi's verses in the canon and their paracanonical legacy. In this paper, the additional verses of Kāludāyi that appear in the commentaries are critically analysed in light of all other utterances attributed to him, in the canon as well as in the commentaries. The style, syntax, and wordings of specific stanzas of both series will be taken into consideration so as to evaluate their antiquity and their literary quality. When dealing with the rhetorical devices adapted in the stanzas, some Sanskrit poems are also taken into account.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , February 2019 , pp. 55 - 83
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- Copyright © SOAS, University of London 2019
Footnotes
I am immensely grateful to Dr Vincent Tournier, for his precious guidance, valuable advice, and corrections. I also wish to thank Professor Ulrich Pagel for encouraging me to submit this work to the Bulletin, the two anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and corrections, and Jacob Mortimer for his assistance with polishing my English.
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- A
Aṅguttara-nikāya
- A-a
Aṅguttara-nikāya-aṭṭhakathā
- Ap
Apadāna
- Ap-a
Apadāna-aṭṭhakathā
- BCS, Be
Burmese Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Edition
- Bv
Buddhavaṃsa
- Bv-a
Buddhavaṃsa-aṭṭhakathā
- Ce
Sinhalese Buddhajayanti Edition
- D
Dīgha-nikāya
- D-a
Dīgha-nikāya-aṭṭhakathā
- Dhp
Dhammapada
- Dhs-a
Dhammasaṅgaṇī-aṭṭhakathā
- It
Itivuttaka
- It-a
Itivuttaka-aṭṭhakathā
- J
Jātaka
- J-a
Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā
- KTh1
1st series of Kāludāyi's verses
- KTh2
2nd series of Kāludāyi's verses
- M
Majjhima-nikāya
- M-a
Majjhima-nikāya-aṭṭhakathā
- M-aṭ
Majjhima-nikāya-aṭṭhakathāṭīkā
- Mhv
Mahāvaṃsa
- S
Saṃyutta-nikāya
- S-a
Saṃyutta-nikāya-aṭṭhakathā
- Sd-ṭ
Sāratthadīpanīṭīkā
- SHB
Simon Hewavitarne Bequest Aṭṭhakathā (Sinhalese Script) Edition
- Se
Siamese Tipiṭaka Edition
- Sn
Suttanipāta
- Sn-a
Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā
- Th
Theragāthā
- Th-a
Theragāthā-aṭṭhakathā
- Thi
Therīgāthā
- Thi-a
Therīgāthā-aṭṭhakathā
- Ud-a
Udāna-aṭṭhakathā
- V-a
Vinaya-aṭṭhakathā
- Vibh-a
Vibhaṅga-aṭṭhakathā
- Vin
Vinaya-piṭaka
- Vin-vn-pṭ
Vinayavinicchayaṭīkā
- Vism
Visuddhimagga
- Vv-a
Vimānavatthu-aṭṭhakathā
Aṅguttara-nikāya
Aṅguttara-nikāya-aṭṭhakathā
Apadāna
Apadāna-aṭṭhakathā
Burmese Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Edition
Buddhavaṃsa
Buddhavaṃsa-aṭṭhakathā
Sinhalese Buddhajayanti Edition
Dīgha-nikāya
Dīgha-nikāya-aṭṭhakathā
Dhammapada
Dhammasaṅgaṇī-aṭṭhakathā
Itivuttaka
Itivuttaka-aṭṭhakathā
Jātaka
Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā
1st series of Kāludāyi's verses
2nd series of Kāludāyi's verses
Majjhima-nikāya
Majjhima-nikāya-aṭṭhakathā
Majjhima-nikāya-aṭṭhakathāṭīkā
Mahāvaṃsa
Saṃyutta-nikāya
Saṃyutta-nikāya-aṭṭhakathā
Sāratthadīpanīṭīkā
Simon Hewavitarne Bequest Aṭṭhakathā (Sinhalese Script) Edition
Siamese Tipiṭaka Edition
Suttanipāta
Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā
Theragāthā
Theragāthā-aṭṭhakathā
Therīgāthā
Therīgāthā-aṭṭhakathā
Udāna-aṭṭhakathā
Vinaya-aṭṭhakathā
Vibhaṅga-aṭṭhakathā
Vinaya-piṭaka
Vinayavinicchayaṭīkā
Visuddhimagga
Vimānavatthu-aṭṭhakathā
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