The Comparative Dhammapada - Ancient Buddhist Texts

A Study of the Dhammapada Collection - 20
8: Sahassavagga
Pāḷi Patna Gāndhārī Udānavarga
8.1 Sahassa 21.1 Sahasra 19.2 Sahasa 24.1 Peyāla (bcd)
8.2 Sahassa 19.4 Sahasa
8.3 Sahassa 21.2 Sahasra 19.5 Sahasa 24.2 Peyāla
8.4 Sahassa 21.3 Sahasra 19.1 Sahasa 23.3 Ātmavarga
8.5 Sahassa 17.14 Ātta 23.4 Ātmavarga
8.6 Sahassa 17.15 Ātta 23.5 Ātmavarga
(abc)
8.7 Sahassa 21.4 Sahasra 19.6ab & 19.16
Sahasa
8.8 Sahassa 21.5 Sahasra 19.15ab & 19.16 24.16 Peyāla
Sahasa
8.9 Sahassa 21.6 Sahasra 19.17 Sahasa 24.30 Peyāla
8.10 Sahassa 11.11 Suha
8.11 Sahassa 21.15 Sahasra 24.3 Peyāla
8.12 Sahassa 21.16 Sahasra 24.4 Peyāla
8.13 Sahassa 21.17 Sahasra 19.12 Sahasa 24.5 Peyāla
8.14 Sahassa 21.18 Sahasra 19.13 Sahasa 24.6 Peyāla
8.15 Sahassa 21.20 Sahasra 24.15 Peyāla
8.16 Sahassa 21.19 Sahasra 19.14 Sahasa 24.14 Peyāla
16 14 11 13
Although Udānavarga doesn’t have a Sahasravarga, its Peyālavarga (a name
unknown to the other collections) contains many of the verses.
The Pāḷi sequence 11 - 14 is paralleled in both Patna and Udānavarga, and 2 of the
verses appear in sequence in Gāndhārī also.
Mahāvastu has eleven parallels, they are to verses: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, &
16.