Art. VI—The Pali Text of the Mahâparinibbâna Sutta and Commentary, with a Translation

R. C. Childers

doi:10.1017/S0035869X00016683

Art. VI—The Pali Text of the Mahâparinibbâna Sutta and Commentary, with a Translation

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abhibhuyya jânâmi passâmîti evaṁsaññî hoti, idaṁ catutthaṁ abhibhâyatanaṁ. Ajjhattaṁ arûpasaññî eko bahiddhâ rûpâni passati nîlâni nîlavaṇṇâni nîlanidassanâni nîlanibhâsâni seyyatbâ pi nâma ummâpupphaṁ nîlam nîlavaṇṇam nîlanidassanaṁ nilanibhâsaṁ seyyathâ pi vâ pana taṁ vatthaṁ Bàrânaseyyakaṁ ubhatobhâgavimaṭṭhaṁ nîlaṁ nîlavaṇṇaṁ nîlanidassanaṁ nîlanibhâsaṁ evam eva ajjhattaṁ arûpasaññî eko bahiddhâ rûpâni passati nîlâni nîlavaṇṇâni nîlanidassanâni nîlanibhâsâni tâni abhibhuyya jânâmi passâmîti evaṁsaññî hoti, idam pañcamaṁ abhibhâyatanaṁ. Ajjhattaṁ arupasaññî eko bahiddhâ rûpâni passati pîtâni pîtavaṇṇâni pîtanidassanâni pîtanibhâsâni seyyathâ pi nâma kaṇikârapupphaṁ pîtaṁ pîtavaṇṇam pîtanidassanaṁ pîtani-bhâsaṁ seyyathâ pi vâ pana taṁ vatthaṁ Bàrâṇaseyyakaṁ ubhatobhâgavimaṭṭham pîtaṁ pîtavaṇṇam pîtanidassanaṁ pîtanibhâsaṁ evam eva ajjhattaṁ arupasaññî eko bahiddhâ rûpâni passati pîtâni pîtavaṇṇâni pîtanidassanâni pîtanibhâsâni tâni abhibhuyya jânâmi passâmîti evamsaññî hoti, idam chaṭṭham abhibhâyatanam. Ajjhattam arûpasaññî eko bahiddhâ rûpâni passati lohitakâni lohitakavaṇṇâni lohitakanidassanâni lohitakanibhâsâni seyyathâ pi nâma bandhujî-vakapuppham lohitakaṁ lohitakavaṇṇam lohitakanidassanaṁ lohitakanibhâsaṁ seyyathâ pi vâ pana tam vatthaṁ Bàrânaseyyakam ubhatobhâgavimattham lohitakam lohitakavannam lohitakanidassanam lohitakanibhâsam evam eva ajjhattam arupasaññî eko bahiddhâ rûpâni passati lohitakâni lohitakavannâni lohitakanidassanam lohitakanibhâsâni tâni abhibhuyya jânâmi passâmîti evamsaññî hoti, idam sattamaṁ abhibhâyatanam. Ajjhattam arupasaññî eko bahiddhâ rûpâni passati odâtâni odâtavannâni odâtanidassanâni odâtanibhâsâni seyyathâ pi nâma osadhitârakâ odâtâ odâtavannâ odâtani dassanâ odâtanibbâsâ seyyathâ pi vâ pana taṁ vattbam Bârânaseyyakam ubhatobhâgavimattbam odâtam odâtavan-nam odâtanidassanam odâtanibbâsam evam eva ajjhattam arûpasannî eko bahiddhâ rûpâni passati odâtâni odâtavannâni odâtanidassanâni odâtambhâsâni tâni abhiblmyya jânâmi passâmîti evamsaññî boti, idaṁ atthamam abbibhâyatanam. Imâni kbo Ânanda attba abhibhâyatanâni.

Type: Original Communications
Information: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , April 1876 , pp. 219 - 261

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0035869X00016683 [Opens in a new window]
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^{page 219 note 6} , ¹⁵, ²⁴ Y-vimaṭṭhaṁ corrected to -vimaṭṭam ³¹ SZ osadhî.

^{page 220 note 2} Y -vimaṭṭhaṁ correted to -vimaṭṭaṁ.

^{page 222 note 15} All four Sinhalese MSS. have accidentally omitted from suppakâsitaṁ to manussehi ³⁰ DSZ omit pe, P has pa.

^{page 223 note 37} P Kâla-

^{page 224 note 8} D Kâla- ¹⁶At pp. 23, 24 I have wrongly admitted the word so before âkaṅkhâmano ânanda; it has crept into some of the MSS. from the previous sentence (so âkaṅkhamâno kappaṁ) ³¹ DSYZ omit from so âkaṅkhamâno to susamâraddhâ, I have supplied it from the Burmese MS.

^{page 225 note 16} The reading at pp. 23, 24 should be sattambaṁ, though most of the MSS. on those pages have sattambakaṁ in imitation of gotamakaṁ.

^{page 226 note 7} P paccâg- ²⁵ P abhiññâ ³⁰ P abhiññâ, S abhiññâtâyatâ corrected to abhiññâya, Y abhiññâtâya corrected to abhiññâya, Z abhiññâyatâ, D abhimñátâ.

^{page 227 note 2} D abhiṁñâtâ, SPZ abhiññâ ¹⁹ P reads bhânavâram tatiyaṁ (omitting niṭṭhitaṁ).

^{page 228 note 25} DSYZ omit -diṭṭhâsavâ.

^{page 229 note 11} DSYZ read hitaṁ for h' etaṁ in this line ¹⁵ DSYZ imaṁ.

^{page 230 note 36} DSYZ omit diṭṭhâsavâ.

^{page 231 note 36} P nikhanâhi.

^{page 232 note 2} DY -parinâmaṁ ⁵ DP nikhanitvâ ¹² P bâḷhavedanâ ¹³ P maran- ¹⁹ SZ saṁphusî, D phusatâ, P phusi, S phusatî corrected to saṁphusî ²⁰ P cundassa for bhuttassa ²¹ P viriñcamâno.

^{page 233 note 1} D kuk-, P acchodakâ sitodakâ sâtodakâ sûpaṭitittâ, S sîtodîka ⁹ D kuk-, P acchodakâ sitthodakâ sâhodakâ supatittâ, S sûp-.

^{page 234 note 21} P dakkasi, sossasiti, DSYZ dakkhîti ²⁷ D galagalâyante, Y galâgalâyante ³³ D galagaḷ-, S gaḷagal- corrected to gaḷagaḷ-, Z haḷahaḷ-.

^{page 235 note 1} D galagal- ²⁷ DSYZ dakkhissati, P dakkhati.

^{page 236 note 6} PSZ maṭṭhaṁ ⁸ p maṭṭhaṁ, Z maṭṭaṁ corrected to maṭṭhaṁ ^{10, 11} PSZ maṭṭhaṁ ²⁴ D vîtayikam, P sâtacchikaṁ, Y vîtâsikaṁ corrected to vîtaccikaṁ, S vitaccikaṁ ²⁹ P hatacchikaṁ.

^{page 237 note 10} DY kuk-, S kuk- altered to kak-, at second occurrence ²¹ DT kuk- ²² D acchodikaṁ, P acchedakam sâtudakam ²⁵ D pîtvâ, P nhatvâ ca pitvâ c'.

^{page 238 note 28} DSYZ saṁñamato ³⁰ P has simply bhâṇavâram catutthaṁ (wrongly written sâṇ-).

^{page 240 note 1} D has upayâṇ- in each place except the 3rd, P has upavâṇ- throughout, SYZ upavân- throughout ²⁰ SYZ -nittudd-, P -nittud-, aphuṭo ²⁸ SZ -karontîti ³⁰ DY âvaṭṭenti vivaṭṭenti.

^{page 241 note 1} DY âvaṭṭenti vivattenti ¹² D saṁvejaniy- in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th places, P saṁvejaniy- throughout, S saṁvejaniy- only in the 1st place, Y in 1st saṁvejaniy- corrected to saṁvejanîy-, in 2nd and 3rd samvejaniy-, in 4th, 5th, and 6th samvejanîy-, Z saṁvejanîy- in each place.

^{page 242 note 15} SZ paṭikk- ¹⁹ P cuṇṇam for vaṇṇakaṁ ²⁴ DPSYZ -vatti throughout the sûtra.

^{page 245 note 2} P khudda- ⁵ DSYZ have kosambi, P kosambim (and bârânasiṁ) ⁹ DPSYZ khuddaka- for - kuḍḍa- ¹⁴ DSYZ yojanâ ¹⁸ D âlaka- ²² DPS ratti ²⁴ P mudiṅga-, ²⁵ P has inserted saṅkhasaddena after sammasaddena, and then erased the latter, DPSZ tâla-, DY asanâtha.

^{page 246 note 14} DY âvaṭṭenti, vivaṭṭenti.

^{page 248 note 14} DP omit ca, S Y read 'va.

^{page 249 note 1} Y añño corrected to aññe, P aññehi ² DPZ assâti, S assa ti ⁴ DPS esi ¹⁰ PY aññehi ³⁴ P pabbâjehîti.

^{page 250 note 2} DSYZ yo for ye, satthari, P antevâsikâbhiaekena, DSYZ athisitto ⁵ Y vûpak- ¹³ Y hiraññavatiyâ-, P has merely bhâṇavâraṁ pañcamaṁ ²⁷ P dâtabbo.

^{page 252 note 28} PS muni.

^{page 253 note 3} , ²¹ D âvaṭṭenti vivaṭṭenti ¹³ PZ omit âyasmâ, PSZ anuruddha ¹⁴ P -karontîti.

^{page 254 note 9} D tâlâv- ¹¹ D tâlâv- ¹⁵ SZ ceḷ- ¹⁶ SZ -mâlâni, Y has maṇḍalamâlâni ²¹ SZ ceḷ- ²² PSZ -mâḷâni, Y has maṇḍaḷamâlâni ²⁶ P sattame dime divase ³³ P nhâtâ 36 P yen' ime.

^{page 255 note 19} P jânu-, Y jannu-.

^{page 256 note 9} P cuṇṇaṁ for vaṇṇakaṁ ²⁹ P âm' âvuso.

^{page 257 note 15} P nhâtâ ¹⁹ P nhâtâ.

^{page 258 note 3} D nâru ⁸ P nhâru ¹⁰ DSYZ dayhiṁsu ^{32, 33} P kap-.

^{page 259 note 7} P koḷ- ²⁹ P ekavâcaṁ ³¹ P sâdhu yaṁ ³² P sarîrabhâge.

^{page 260 note 8} D pipphalî- throughout ¹⁹ P kapilavatthavâ ²² P koḷiyâ.

^{page 261 note 12} DSZ buddhâ 13 DSZ dullabhâ. P adds the following stanza: Cattâlîsamâ (lege cattâlîsasamâ) dantâ kesâ lomâ ca sabbaso ‖ devâ hariṁsu ekekaṁ cakkavâlaparamparâ ti ¹³ P reads mahâpurinibbânasuttaṁ tatiyaṁ.

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