Dhammapada

The second book of the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Sutta Pitaka.

It is probably a later anthology than the Thera-Therī-Gāthā, and its earliest mention by name is in the Milinda-pañha (p.408).

It includes gāthas collected together from various books in the Canon, but contains hardly any from the Jātaka collection, or directly derived from the Sutta Nipāta.

The present text of the Dhammapada contains four hundred and twenty-three verses divided into twenty-six vaggas.

So far, five recensions of the Dhammapada have been discovered. (For details see Law: Pāli Lit., pp.215f).

A commentary on it exists called the Dhammapadatthakathā.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from

Dhammapada

The second book of the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pāli Canon and one of the most popular and best-loved Buddhist texts. It consists of 423 verses divided into 26 sections arranged according to subject matter. In practice it is a sort of anthology of verses from various books of the canon, though very few are taken from the Jātaka collection or from the Sutta-nipāta. It also contains material from other Buddhist schools and non-Buddhist sources. The commentary of the Dhammapada, by an anonymous author but attributed to Buddhaghoṣa, is known as the Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā.

A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)

dhammapada : [nt.] a line or stanza of the Norm.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

dhammapada: n. 法句

巴漢辭典 編者：(斗六) 廖文燦

法句經  Faju jing (1) Dharma-phrase sutra (Skt. Dharmapada, Pali. Dhammapada). 2 fasc., by Dharmatrāta 法救. Translated by Wei-ch'i-nan 維祇難 et.al. A collection of phrases comprising the basic teachings of Buddhist morality.

Dhammapada  法句經  It is a compilation of 423 short verses of the Buddha, teachings given at various times and places. It is regarded as the "original" teaching of the Buddha, which can be used for reference, moral instruction and inspiration.

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