Patna Dharmapada

Studies - 10
1: Jamavarggaḥ, 5 13 verses (cf. 1: Yamakavaggo, 20 verses)
2: Apramādavarggaḥ, 20 verses (cf. 2: Appamādavaggo, 12 verses)
3: Brāhmaṇavarggaḥ, 16 verses (cf. 26: Brāhmaṇavaggo, 41 verses)
4: Bhikṣuvarggaḥ, 15 verses (cf. 25: Bhikkhuvaggo, 23 verses)
5: Atthavarggaḥ, 19 verses
6: Śokavarggaḥ, 12 verses
7: Kalyāṇīvarggaḥ, 25 verses
8: Puṣpavarggaḥ, 16 verses (cf. 4: Pupphavaggo, 15 verses)
9: Tahnavarggaḥ, 20 verses (cf. 24: Taṇhāvaggo, 26 verses)
10: Malavarggaḥ, 17 verses (cf. 18: Malavaggo, 21 verses)
11: Bālavarggaḥ, 21 verses (cf. 5: Bālavaggo, 16 verses)
12: Daṇḍavarggaḥ, 21 verses (cf. 10: Daṇḍavaggo, 17 verses)
13: Śaraṇavarggaḥ, 23 verses
14: Khāntivarggaḥ, 22 verses
15: Āsavavarggaḥ, 17 verses
16: Vācāvarggaḥ, 28 verses
17: Āttavarggaḥ, 21 verses (cf. 12: Attavaggo, 10 verses)
18: Dadantīvarggaḥ, 15 verses
19: Cittavarggaḥ, 18 verses (cf. 3: Cittavaggo, 12 verses)
20: Māggavarggaḥ, 18 verses (cf. 20: Maggavaggo, 17 verses)
21: Sahasravarggaḥ, 22 verses (cf. 8: Sahassavaggo, 16 verses)
22: Uragavarggaḥ, 17 verses (cf. Uragasuttaṁ, Sn 1.1 17 verses)
We can see from this that only 13 of the chapter titles, or the rubrics under which the
collections have been made, agree between the two rescensions. But even when the titles
agree the contents may vary widely. For instance in Patna the Brāhmaṇavarggaḥ has only
16 verses, while in the Pāḷi it is the longest by far with 41 verses; on the other hand the
Pāḷi Attavaggo has only 10 verses, while the Patna redactors have collected 21 verses
under that rubric.
Here I give the chapters and their parallels in detail together with observations on the
material and its collection:
5 In these studies I give the chapter title in the long form it has at the end of each chapter.