Contents

CONTENTS

(In the Pali names pronounce the vowels as in Italian, but the unaccented a like u in nut. Pronounce consonants as in English, except c, which always = ch in church. In dotted consonants let the tongue strike the palate, not the teeth. Pronounce ŋ as ng. In a doubled consonant detach the two as in the Italian gat'-to, don'na. In aspirated consonants–kh, etc.–let the aspirate be heard.)

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INTRODUCTION

I.

The canonical tradition about the Psalms, and its historical significance, p. xiii. Reason for the prior appearance of the Sisters' Psalms, p. xiv. The Commentary and its functions, p. xv. The authorship of the Psalms, p. xvii. The legends of the Commentarial Chronicle, p. xviii. The Sisters in tradition's perspective, p. xviii. The Psalms as compiled aggregates of metrical memoirs, p. xix. The refrains, p. xx. The longer ballad or epic Psalms, p. xxi. II. The Psalms as expressions of the religious mind, p. xxiii.; and of its motives for leaving the world, p. xxiv; and of how the Quest, when found, was envisaged, p. xxv. Freedom, p. xxv. Mental development, p. xxvi. Consolation, p. xxvii. Arrest of the eternal round, p. xxix. Relation between teacher and disciple, p. xxxii. The new life, p. xxxiii. Analysis of the Goal, p. xxxvii. Inquiry into matriarchal survivals, p. xxxviii. III. Method pursued in translation and the metres, p. xxxix. Indebtedness acknowledged, p. xli.

THE COMMENTATOR'S INTRODUCTION

CANTO I. SINGLE VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

I.

A certain Sister of a noble family of Vesālī, known as 'Therīkā.'

II.

Muttā, daughter of a brahmin of Sāvatthī

III.

Puṇṇā, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī

IV.

Tissā, daughter of the Sākiyas, Kapilavatthu

V-X.

Another Tissā, Dhīrā, another Dhīrā, Mittā, Bhadrā, Upasamā

XI.

Muttā, daughter and wife of Kosalan brahmins

XII.

DHAMMADINNĀ, daughter of a clansman (kulagehe), wife of a seṭṭhī (Visākha), both of Rājagaha, foremost of the Sisters who were preachers (Ang. Nik. i. 25)

XIII.

Visākhā

XIV.

Sumanā

XV.

Uttarā (1)

XVI.

Sumanā vuḍḍhapabbajitā, sister of Pasenadi, King of Kosala

XVII.

Dhammā, daughter of a clansman of Sāvatthī

XVIII.

Sanghā

CANTO II. PSALMS OF TWO VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

XIX.

Abhirūpa-Nandā, daughter of the Sākiyas, Kapilavatthu

XX.

Jentī or Jentā, daughter of the Licchavis, Vesālī

XXI.

Sumangala's mother, daughter of poor people, wife of a rush-plaiter, Sāvatthī

XXII.

Aḍḍhakāsī, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Kāsī, ex-courtezan

XXIII.

Cittā, daughter of great burgess of Rājagaha

XXIV.

Mettikā, daughter of a brahmin of Rājagaha

XXV.

Mittā (2), daughter of the Sākiyas, Kapilavatthu

XXVI.

Abhayā's mother, Padumavatī, ex-courtesan of Ujjenī

XXVII.

Abhayā, daughter of a clansman of Ujjenī, friend of the foregoing

XXVIII.

Sāmā, daughter of a great burgess of Kosambī

CANTO III. PSALMS OF THREE VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

XXIX.

Another Sāmā, daughter of a clansman of Kosambī

XXX.

Uttamā, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī, disciple of Paṭācārā

XXXI.

Another Uttamā, daughter of a Kosalan brahmin

XXXII.

Dantikā, daughter of a brahmin chaplain to the King of Kosala, Sāvatthī

XXXIII.

Ubbirī, daughter of a great burgess of Sāvatthī, consort of the King

XXXIV.

Sukkā, daughter of a great burgess of Rājagaha, pupil of Dhammadinnā, distinguished as preacher

XXXV.

Selā, 'the Āḷavikan,' daughter of the King of Āḷavī

XXXVI.

Somā, daughter of a brahmin, chaplain to the King of Magadha (Bimbisāra)

CANTO IV. PSALM OF FOUR VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

XXXVII.

BHADDĀ KĀPILĀNĪ, daughter of a brahmin of the Kosiyas, at Sāgala, wife of Pippali Kassapa (Mahā-Kassapa) of Mahātittha, foremost of those Sisters who could remember past lives (cf. Ang. Nik., i, 25), a distinguished preacher (Vin., iv. 290, 292.)

CANTO V. PSALMS OF FIVE VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

XXXVIII.

Vaḍḍhesī, of family unknown, nurse to Great Pajāpatī, founder of the Sisters' Order, of Devadaha, pupil of Dhammadinnā

XXXIX.

Vimalā, daughter of a courtezan of Vesālī, ex-courtezan

XL.

Sīhā, niece of General Sīha, of Vesālī

XLI.

Sundarī-Nandā, daughter of Great Pajāpatī of the Sākiyan Gotamas, half-sister to the Buddha, of Kapilavatthu

XLII.

Nanduttarā, daughter of a brahmin of Kammāssadamma, ex-Jain, pupil of the Great Moggallāna

XLIII.

Mittakālī, daughter of a brahmin of Kammāssadamma

XLIV.

SAKULĀ, or PAKULĀ, a brahmin matron of Sāvatthī, foremost of the Sisters who had the faculty of the 'Eye Celestial' (Ang. Nik, i. 25)

XLV.

SOṆĀ, 'Bahuputtikā,' daughter of a clansman of Sāvatthī, foremost of the Sisters who were eminent in strenuous will

XLVI.

BHADDĀ 'KUṆḌALAKESĀ,' ex-Jain, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Rājagaha, wife of a brahmin thief, foremost of the Sisters who had swift intuition (Ang. Nik., i. 25)

XLVII.

PAṬĀCĀRĀ, daughter of a seṭṭhī of Sāvatthī, wife of her father's servant, foremost of the Sisters who were proficient in the Vinaya (Ang. Nik., i. 25), an eminent teacher and leader

XLVIII.

Thirty Sisters, disciples of Paṭācārā

XLIX.

Candā, daughter of a poor brahmin

CANTO VI. PSALMS OF SIX VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

L.

Paṭācārā's 'Five Hundred' bereaved mothers whom she comforted and ordained

LI.

Vāsitthī, or Vāsetthī, daughter of a clansman of Vesālī, wife of a (?) brahmin, a teacher

LII.

KHEMĀ, daughter of the King's family at Sāgala in Magadha, wife of King Bimbisāra, Rājagaha, foremost of the Sisters who were distinguished for insight (Ang. Nik., i. 25), ranked by the Buddha as a model Sister (Sany. Nik., ii. 236)

LIII.

Sujātā, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Sāketa, wife of a seṭṭhi

LIV.

Anopamā, daughter of the seṭṭhi Majjha of Sāketa

LV.

GREAT PAJĀPATĪ, THE GOTAMID, Foundress of the Order of Bhikkunīs, daughter of the Sakiyan Añjana (or Mahā-Suppabuddha) of Devadaha, sister to Great Māyā, mother of the Buddha, and co-wife of Suddhohana of Kapilavatthu, foremost of the Sisters who were of long standing and experience

LVI.

Guttā, daughter of a brahmin of Sāvatthī

LVII.

Vijayā, daughter of a clansman of Rājagaha

CANTO VII. PSALMS OF SEVEN VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

LVIII.

Uttarā (2), daughter of a clansman of Sāvatthī, disciple of Paṭācārā

LIX.

Cālā, daughter of the brahminee Surūpasārī, of Nālaka, Magadha, sister of Sāriputta, chief of the Bhikkhus

LX.

Upacālā, sister to Cālā

CANTO VIII. PSALM OF EIGHT VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

LXI.

Sīsupacālā, sister to Upacālā

CANTO IX. PSALM OF NINE VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

LXII.

Vaḍḍha's mother, daughter of a clansman of Bhārukaccha

CANTO X. PSALM OF ELEVEN VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

LXIII.

'KISĀ'-GOTAMĪ, daughter of poor people of Sāvatthī, foremost of the Sisters who wore rough clothing

CANTO XI. PSALM OF TWELVE VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

LXIV.

UPPALAVAṆṆĀ, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī, foremost of the Sisters who had iddhi (Ang. Nik., i. 25), ranked with Khemā by the Buddha as pre-eminent in the Sisterhood (Saŋy. Nik., ii. 236)

CANTO XII. PSALM OF SIXTEEN VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

LXV.

Puṇṇikā, or Puṇṇā, daughter of a slave in the household of Anāthapiṇḍika, seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī, and freed by him

CANTO XIII. PSALMS OF ABOUT TWENTY VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

LXVI.

Ambapālī, a foundling, ex-courtezan of Vesālī

LXVII.

Rohiṇī, daughter of a brahmin of Vesālī

LXVIII.

Cāpā, daughter of a head-trapper (jeṭṭhakamigaluddaka) of Vankahāra, wife of Upaka, ex-Ājīvaka (ascetic)

LXIX.

Sundarī, daughter of a brahmin, Sujāta, of Sāvatthī

LXX.

Subhā, 'the goldsmith's daughter,' of Rājagaha

CANTO XIV. PSALM OF THIRTY-FOUR VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

LXXI.

Subhā, 'of Jīvaka's Mango-grove,' daughter of a brahmin of Rājagaha

CANTO XV. PSALM OF OVER FORTY VERSES ASCRIBED TO–

LXXII.

Isidāsī, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Ujjenī, ex-wife of a seṭṭhi of Sāketa (Patna)

CANTO XVI. THE GREAT CANTO, ASCRIBED TO–

LXXIII.

Sumedhā, daughter of Koñca, King of Vāraṇavatī

APPENDIX

VERSES ATTRIBUTED TO SISTERS IN THE BHIKKUNĪ-SAŊYUTTA OF THE SAŊYUTTA-NIKĀYA:

1.

Āḷavikā (in Ps. xxxv. Selā, Princess of Āḷavī)

2.

Somā (see Ps. xxxv.)

3.

Gotamī (= Kisā-Gotamī, Ps. lxiii.)

4.

Vijayā (a different Psalm from Vijayā's Ps. lvii. Cf. Khemā's opening lines, Ps. lii.)

5.

Uppalavaṇṇā (cf. fourth episode, Ps. lxiv.)

6.

Cālā (cf. Upacālā's Psalm, lx.)

7.

Upacālā (cf. Sīsupacālā's Psalm, lxi.)

8.

Sīsupacālā (cf. Cālā's Psalm, lix.)

9.

Selā

10.

Vajirā

VERSES CONCERNING SUKKĀ IN THE YAKKHA-SAŊYUTTA OF THE SAŊYUTTA-NIKĀYA

NOTES

INDEX

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