Theragāthā
Textクッダカニカーヤの第八書で、大半が仏陀在世当時の長老たちに帰される詩偈集であり、彼らの生涯を語り解脱の喜びを表現している。後に英訳では『長老の詩篇』として知られる。
The eighth book of the Khuddakanikāya, a collection of poems, most of which are believed to have been composed by elders during the lifetime of the Buddha.
Some poems contain life-histories of the elders, while others are paeans of joy, extolling their new-found freedom.
The work has been published by the P.T.S. (1883) and translated by Mrs. Rhys Davids, as Psalms of the Brethren.
Dhammapāla wrote a commentary on the Theragāthā, as part of the Paramatthadīpanī.
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