Re: Patis-ganthipada and Linatthadipani

Two additions regarding the date of the Paṭis-gp. It probably was written after the 10th c. AD if Warder’s observation (Paṭis-a 2009, li) is correct that the text presupposes Dhammapāla, the Suttaṭīkā author. Further there is another terminus ante quem, i.e. a quotation of the first stanza of Paṭis-gp in the Saddanīti 753,34-754,1 (Paṭis-gp Ce 1,4).

Regarding the various names in the preamble of Paṭis-gp. The name of the author of the Paṭis-gp is not mentioned. Mahābhidhāno refers to the author of Paṭis-a as given in the colophon of Paṭis-a quoted in your last email (see for that von Hinüber, Handbook, s.v. Paṭis-a). As Lance said it is just another way of expressing Mahānāma (see also Jayawardhana, Handbook of Pāli Literature, 1994, p. 127). The sāvaka-m-uttamena refers to the author of Paṭis, who is identified as Sāriputta in the preamble of Paṭis-a. The two stanzas (yo laṅkādīpamhi, and garūhi yaṃ) must be taken together (so Mahābhidhāno ti gahītanāmo sāvaka-m-uttamena vuttassa ... aṅkitassa pāṭhassa atthānupakāsanatthaṃ saddhammapakāsanavahaṃ akāsi) to be able to translate it. Hope that helps.

Am 06.08.2014 um 01:03 schrieb 'Jim Anderson' jimanderson.on@... [palistudy] <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>:

Dear Petra,

Thanks for the quick response and quote from Sp-ṭ. I'm delighted to see that
Paṭis-gp is older than Vācissara's ṭīkā. I found a Mahābhidhāna (only once
in CST4) near the end of Paṭis-a, presumably the same one mentioned in
Paṭis-gp.

Here's the Paṭis-a verse:

Therenettha nivasatā, samāpitāyaṃ mahābhidhānena;
Tatiye vasse cutito, moggallānassa bhūpatino.

So, he completed something in the third year after the death of Moggallāna.

I figured out that the upāsako in the Paṭis-gp verse is the one who made the
request (tena satīmatā being the correlative of yo upāsako possibly named
Dvicakkhu. In verse 3 I have trouble with vuttassa so sāvakamuttamena. Is it
sāvakam (acc.) uttamena or sāvaka-m-uttamena?

Best,
Jim

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Dear Jim,

for tonight, the Paṭis-gp is not by Vācissara, but it is earlier than
Sāriputta of Poḷonnaruva who quotes the Paṭis-gp available in the Thai
edition mentioned by you as well as in a Sinhalese and a Burmese edition.
Sāriputta (Sp-ṭ Be I 104,19-21 quotes the following sentence from the
Paṭis-gp):
tattha Paṭisambhidāgaṇṭhipade tāva idaṃ vuttaṃ: „sayaṃ
vuttadhammakkhandhānaṃ bhikkhuto gahite yeva saṅgahetvā evam āhā ti
daṭṭhabbaṃ.“ (Paṭis-gp Ce p. 23).

Best,
Petra