Dhammapada (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Dhammapada》(英語表記)Dhammapada
Dhammapada (English spelling)

…One of the early Buddhist scriptures. The original title is Dhammapada in Pali. The original Pali text is one of the Southern Theravada Buddhist sect's Small Canons, but there are also Gandharan, Sanskrit (Udana chapter), Chinese translations (Dhammapada, Sattva, etc.), Tibetan translations, and fragments in Central Asian languages, and it is known to have been extremely widespread.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Dhammapada" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…初期仏教経典の一つ。原題はパーリ語で《ダンマパダDhammapada》。パーリ語原典は南伝上座部の〈小部経典〉の一つであるが,他にガンダーラ語,サンスクリット(《ウダーナ品》),漢訳(《法句経》《出曜経》など),チベット語訳,および中央アジア諸語による断片もあり,きわめて広く普及していたことが知られる。…

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