Dear Jim and Nina,
thanks. I would upload these and subsequent postings/discussions on
the following page:
http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/scope/dhamma
Nina, in the first quote, you have
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We read in the Atthasaalinii, 38:
"Na hi dhammo adhammo ca, ubho samavipaakino;
dhamma, adhamma bear no equal fruit:
adhammo niraya.m neti, dhammo paapeti suggatin"ti.
adhamma leads to hell, dhamma causes one to reach heaven.
(theragaa. 304; jaa. 1.15.386)
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Does it mean Atthasaalinii is quoting Theragatha and Jataka?
metta,
Yong Peng.
--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Jim Anderson wrote:
Have you seen the 14 meanings of "dhamma" listed in verse 784 of the
Abhidhaanappadiipikaa (a 12th cent. Pali thesaurus)?