Pali Buddhist Texts: Explained to the BeginnerPali is one of the Middle Indian idioms and the classical language of Theravada Buddhism. It is therefore important both to linguists and students of Buddhism. This introductory book centres on a collection of original texts, each selected as an especially important and beautiful formulation of a Buddhist idea. By means of a vocabulary, translation and commentary, each text is explained so concretely that it can be read with little preparation. Detailed explanations are provided for the many technical terms, which have frustrated so many western explorers of Buddhism. For reference, a grammar is provided. Sanskrit parallels to many of the words are given, as well as a special chapter comparing the two languages. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Language and Literature | 10 |
Pronunciation | 13 |
Sandhi | 15 |
List of Abbreviations | 17 |
Content Analysis of the Texts | 18 |
Texts with Vocabularies Translations and Notes | 19 |
Summary of Grammar | 123 |
Pali and Sanskrit | 142 |
Two Types of Security | 152 |
Common terms and phrases
abl sg acc pl acc sg aham Anguttara Nikaya aor 1 sg aorist ariya-saccam atha ce patthayasi attained nirvana attha atthi ayam ayam vuccati become bhante bhavati bhikkhave bhikkhu bhūta body Buddha Buddhist cessation cetanāya karaniyam cittam compound dhamma Digha Nikaya doctrine dukkha end of quotation evam express feeling gen pl gen sg happiness hoti idam idea ideation idha inflected instr sg jāti kāma katama kāya loc sg Majjhima Nikaya marks end means monk voc pl n'atthi need to want nirodha nirujjhati nirvana nom pl nom sg nouns nt mind nt suffering pahāya pajānāti Pali pana participle paticca pavassa deva pres ind processes pron rebirth rel pron sacca sammā Samyutta Nikaya sankhāra saññā Sanskrit Sariputta savyāpajjham sg f stem Sutta Nipata tanha tassa tathā tense Theragatha translation tumhe tvam upasampajja vedanā verb vowel word yathā