The Comparative Dhammapada - Ancient Buddhist Texts

A Study of the Dhammapada Collection - 16
4: Pupphavagga
Pāḷi Patna Gāndhārī Udānavarga
4.1 Puppha 8.11 Puṣpa 18.12 Puṣpa (bcd)* 18.1 Puṣpa
4.2 Puppha 8.12 Puṣpa 18.13 Puṣpa 18.2 Puṣpa
4.3 Puppha 8.14 Puṣpa 18.11 Puṣpa (bcd)* 18.18 Puṣpa
4.4 Puppha 8.8 Puṣpa 18.5 Puṣpa (bcd)* 18.14 Puṣpa
4.5 Puppha 8.9 Puṣpa 18.15 Puṣpa
4.6 Puppha 8.7 Puṣpa 18.3 Puṣpa 18.8 Puṣpa
4.7 Puppha 17.4 Ātta 16.13 Prakiṇaka? 18.9 Puṣpa (abc)
(abc)
4.8 Puppha 8.5 Puṣpa 18.1 Puṣpa 18.6 Puṣpa
4.9 Puppha 8.6 Puṣpa 18.2 Puṣpa 18.7 Puṣpa
4.10 Puppha 8.10 Puṣpa 18.4 Puṣpa 18.10 Puṣpa
4.11 Puppha 8.1 Puṣpa 18.6 Puṣpa 6.16 Śīla
4.12 Puppha 8.2 Puṣpa 18.7 Puṣpa (cd)* 6.17 Śīla (acd)
4.13 Puppha 8.3 Puṣpa 6.18 Śīla
4.14 Puppha 8.4 Puṣpa 18.8 Puṣpa 6.19 Śīla
4.15 Puppha 8.15 Puṣpa 18.14 Puṣpa 18.12 Puṣpa
4.16 Puppha 8.16 Puṣpa 18.15 Puṣpa 18.13 Puṣpa
16 16 14 16
The collection of verses having a simile about flowers seems to have been well
established, and there are good parallels not only to the chapter name, but to the
contents also.
Patna has sixteen verses in its Puṣpavarggaḥ, and fifteen are parallel to its Pāḷi
counterpart; Gāndhārī Puṣpavaga has fifteen verses and thirteen are parallel to the
verses in the Pupphavagga.
The sequence 11 - 14 finds a parallel in Patna and Udānavarga, and partly so in
Gāndhārī.