Udana

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The Udana (udāna) is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. It is included there in the Sutta Pitaka and Khuddaka Nikaya. The title might be translated "inspired utterances". The book comprises 80 such utterances, most in verse, each preceded by a narrative giving the context in which the Buddha utters it. Some scholars^[1] consider this one of the earliest of all Buddhist scriptures, while others consider it somewhat later.

[edit] Translations

• Tr Major-General D. M. Strong, 1902
• "Verses of uplift", in Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon, volume II, tr F. L. Woodward, 1935, Pali Text Society[1], Lancaster
• Tr John D. Ireland, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1990; later reprinted in 1 volume with his translation of the Itivuttaka
• Tr Peter Masefield, 1994, Pali Text Society, Lancaster; the PTS's preferred translation; its declared aim is to translate in accordance with the commentary's interpretation

[edit] External links

• Udana at Access to Insight; selections from translations by Ireland and Thanissaro

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Nakamura, Indian Buddhism, Japan, 1980; reprinted Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi