THERĪGĀTHĀ

Translator: Varado Bhikkhu

Preface

Sources

I have based this translation on the Pāli of the Vipassana Research Institute Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana version (www. vri.dhamma.org), and the digital edition of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripiṭaka (http:// metta.lk/tipitaka/index.html). I have usually accepted K.R. Norman’s suggested amendments, although I have usually uncorrected metrically corrected text.

Psalms of the Sisters

For the first chapter of this translation, the Chapter Of Poems With Single Verses, I have included Mrs Rhys Davids versions of poems from her Psalms of the Sisters.

Abbreviations

• BDPPN: Buddhist Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names by Malalasekara (Pāli Text Society, 1937-8).

• DOP: A Dictionary of Pāli, Part 1 by M. Cone (Pāli Text Society, 2001).

• GD: Group of Discourses by K.R. Norman (Pāli Text Society, 2006).

• IGPT: Illustrated Glossary of Pāli Terms by Varado Bhikkhu

• PED: Pāli-English Dictionary by T.W. Rhys Davids & W. Stede (Pāli Text Society).

• PGPL: A Practical Grammar of the Pāli Language by C. Duroiselle (Buddha Dharma Education Association, 1997).

Appendix

Bibliography

• Ānandajoti Bhikkhu: Ancient Buddhist Texts, www. ancient-buddhist-texts.net

• Bodhi Bhikkhu: Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Wisdom, 1995); Connected Discourses of the Buddha (Wisdom, 2000); Numerical Discourses of the Buddha (Wisdom, 2012).

• Cone: A Dictionary of Pāli Part 1 (Pāli Text Society, 2001).

• Duroiselle: A Practical Grammar of the Pāli Language, Buddha Dharma Education Association, 1997.

• Geiger W., A Pāli Grammar (Pāli Text Society 1994)

• Horner I.B.: Books of Discipline (Pāli Text Society, 1938-1952); Middle Length Sayings (Pāli Text Society, 1954-1959).

• Malalasekara: Buddhist Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names (Pāli Text Society, 1937-8).

• Norman K.R.: Group of Discourses (Pāli Text Society, 2006).

• Norman K.R.: The Elders’ Verses 1 (Pāli Text Society, 2007).

• Norman K.R.: The Elders’ Verses 2 (Pāli Text Society, 2007).

• Ñāṇatusita: Declension and Conjugation Tables (2005).

• Rhys Davids & Stede: Pāli-English Dictionary (Pāli Text Society).

• Mrs. Rhys Davids: Psalms of the Sisters (Pāli Text Society, 1909).

• Varado Bhikkhu: Illustrated Glossary of Pāli Terms (2017).

• Warder A.K., Introduction to Pāli (Pāli Text Society 2001)