The Comparative Dhammapada - Ancient Buddhist Texts

A Study of the Dhammapada Collection - 28
16. Piyavagga
Pāḷi Patna Gāndhārī Udānavarga
16.1 Piya 10.17 Daṇḍa (abc) 16.8 Prakiṇaka? 5.9 Priya
16.2 Piya 5.9 Attha 5.5 Priya (acd)
16.3 Piya 5.10 Attha 5.8 Priya
16.4 Piya 5.8 Attha (abd) 5.1 Priya
16.5 Piya
16.6 Piya 2.3 Kāma
16.7 Piya 2.2 Kāma
16.8 Piya
16.9 Piya 16.17 Vācā (bd) 20.1 Śila? (bd) 5.24 Priya (bd)
16.10 Piya 2.9 Kāma
16.11 Piya 5.20 Priya
16.12 Piya 5.21 Priya
12 5 2 10
There are very few parallels in the Gāndhārī collection here, and it may be that a
Piyavaga has been lost.
The category is established in the Udānavarga, but absent from Patna, and there are
very few parallels from that collection.
Again we have two verses in the Pāḷi that fail to find exact parallels elsewhere in
these collections, but perhaps it is easier to explain this time, as the verses in
question are variations of a succession of verses, which all have the same structure,
with a change of keyword. Neither of them is paralleled in the Canon either.