Dhammapada
The Dhammapada (Pāli; Sanskrit: धर्मपद, romanized: Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
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| Burmese | ဓမ္မပဒ |
| Chinese | 法句經 法句经 (Simplified) (Pinyin: fǎjù jīng) |
| Japanese | ダンマパダ (Rōmaji: danmapada) |
| Khmer | ធម្មបទ (UNGEGN: thômmôbât) |
| Korean | 법구경/담마 파다 (RR: beobgugyeong/damma pada) |
| Thai | ธรรมบท |
| Vietnamese | Kinh Pháp Cú |
| Prakrit | धम्मपद Dhammapada |
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The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying recorded in the collection was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community. His translation of the commentary, the Dhammapada Atthakatha, presents the details of these events and is a rich source of legend for the life and times of the Buddha.
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