- Khuddakapatha
The Khuddakapatha (IAST|-pāṭha;
Pali for "short passages"; abbreviated as "Khp") is a Buddhist scripture, the first collection of discourses ("suttas ") in theKhuddaka Nikaya of thePali Canon ofTheravada Buddhism. It includes texts essential to Buddhist disciples.Contents
The collection is composed of the following nine discourses:
# "Going for Refuge" ("Sarana Gamana")
# "Ten Precepts" ("Dasa Sikkhapada")
# "Thirty-two Parts [of the Body] " ("Dvattimsakara") [Cf.Patikulamanasikara for an enumeration and traditional contextualization of the canonical identification of thirty-one or thirty-two body parts.]
# "Novice's Questions" ("Samanera Pañha")
# "Discourse on Blessings" ("Mangala Sutta ")
# "Discourse on Treasures" ("Ratana Sutta ")
# " [Hungry Shades] Outside the Wall Chapter" ("Tirokudda Kanda")
# "Reserve Fund Chapter" ("Nidhi Kanda")
# "Discourse on Lovingkindess" ("Karaniya Metta Sutta ")The Khuddakapatha is considered a late addition to the
Pali Canon , collecting discourses all but one of which is found elsewhere in thePali Canon . (The Nidhi Kanda is not extant in the current Pali Canon but does include text [Khp 8.9] quoted in theAbhidhamma Pitaka 'sKathavatthu [Kv 351,18-21] .) [Hinuber (2000), pp. 42-44, sec. 85-87.]Translations
* Tr R. C. Childers, in "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society", 1869
* Tr F. L. Woodward, in "Some Sayings of the Buddha", 1925
* "The text of the minor sayings", in "Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon", volume I, tr C. A. F. Rhys Davids, 1931,Pali Text Society [http://www.palitext.com] , Bristol
* "The minor readings", in 1 volume with "The illustrator of ultimate meaning", its commentary, tr Nanamoli, 1960, Pali Text Society, BristolNotes
ource
* Hinüber, Oskar von (2000). A Handbook of Pāli Literature. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-016738-7.
External links
* [http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/khp/index.html "Khuddakapatha: The Short Passages] ," index of suttas from this collection on www.accesstoinsight.org.
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