muddhapasanna

The term muddhapasanna is a peculiar term. Apart from the Vinaya passage mentioned, it is only recorded in post-canonical literature. It qualifies a person that is stupid. The first reference known to me is Sumangalavilasini vol. 2 p. 360,19-20.
I see no reason to doubt Oldenbergs ability to read his Sinhalese ms.s correcly. The passage mentioned reads buddhappasannaa, qualifying an upaasikaa who has fallen in love with the Buddha and invites him to enjoy methunadhamma with her. The Burmese tradition did not appreciate the traditional reading and its implications and "corrected" it.

Ole Holten Pind

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