The Dhammapada - Hardcover

Carter, John Ross; Palihawadana, Mahinda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195041623 ISBN 13: 9780195041620

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1987

Synopsis

The Dhammapada, the Pali version of one of the most popular texts of the Buddhist canon, also ranks among the classics of the world's religious literature. This critical edition presents to the English reader for the first time the Dhammapada as it has been known throughout the centuries. With this volume, Carter and Palihawadana make a major contribution to the understanding of the Dhammapada, not only by presenting a new and accurate translation of the verses, but also by enabling readers to see the wake of this remarkable text through centuries of Buddhist tradition. In addition to the original Pali, the editors provide a translation of the commentary on the verses and the subsequent brief explanations of verse and commentarial passages provided by Sinhala sources.

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Review:

Far surpasses any previous translation of the Dhammapada in terms of its scope and contextual accuracy. Carter and Palihawadana have not only proivde a fresh English translation of the Pali but a transliteration of the Dhammapada (which makes it eminently useful for students of Pali) and, most impressively, a translation of the exhaustive and extremely commentarial Pali Dhammapadatthakatha....This, then, is a work of wide scholarly magnitude and great philological erudition. (Religious Studies Review)

Synopsis:

The first critical edition in English of the Dhammapada , the Pali version of one of the most popular texts of the Buddhist canon, and one of the classics of the world's religious literature. Like all religious texts in Pali, this collection of verses regarded as the utterances of Bhudda belongs to the Theravada school of the Bhuddist tradition. In this book, the authors provide the first English translation of the Pali commentary on the verses, critical comments on the text, and translations of later Sinhala Buddhist sources that elaborate on the explanations on the Pali commentary. In the process, they offer rare insight into the unfolding of the Theravada Bhuddist tradition in the heritage of the Dhammapada . Readership:students of religion, particularly Buddhism, and philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0195041623
• ISBN 13: 9780195041620
• Binding: Hardcover