Pali Buddhist commentaries; five aggregates; illness; death; self
摘要
This article consists of a study of two commentaries to the Nakulapitāsutta, a Buddhist text from the Pali Khandhasaṃyutta. This sutta addresses the key concept of liberation from the perspective of illness, decay and death, and offers an incisive description of the five aggregates of personality. The two commentaries present variegate exegetical approaches to the root-text, mostly based upon a sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations. This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of lexicographical interpretations that surely deserve further studies.
目次
Abstract 77 1. Contents of the Nakulapitāsutta and strategies of interpretation 77 2. Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta⁴ 79 3. Translation of the Nakulapitāsuttavaṇṇanā (aṭṭhakathā) 83 4. Translation of the Nakulapitāsuttavaṇṇanā (ṭīkā) 92 Abbreviations 101 References 101
