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The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the [[Buddha]], which was written down in Sri Lanka in the first century BC.
==Translations (in chronological order)==
==Translations (in chronological order)==
The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the [[Buddha]], which was written down in Sri Lanka in the first century BC.


===Most Popular Translations===
===Most Popular Translations===

Revision as of 05:50, 12 July 2007

The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha, which was written down in Sri Lanka in the first century BC.

Translations (in chronological order)

Most Popular Translations

  • 1881 The Dhammapada : a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists translated from Pâli by F. Max Müller.
  • 1931 CAF Rhys-Davids
  • 1950 Radhakrishnan
  • 1973 Juan Mascaro

Others

  • 1965 Irving Babbit
  • 1967 P. Lal
  • 1971 Jack Austin
  • 1980 Harischandra Kaviratna (Theosophical) (available online)
  • 1985 Acharya Buddharakkhita (avaliable online)
  • 1986 Eknath Easwaran
  • 1986 Rhagavan Iyer
  • 1993 Thomas Byrom
  • 1993 John Richards
  • 1994 Thomas Cleary
  • 1995 Rose Kramer
  • 1997 Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) (available online)
  • 1997 K.R. Norman (Word of the Doctrine, Pali Text Society)
  • 2000 Carter and Palihawadana
  • 2001 Shakya Aryanatta
  • 2002 Sangharakshita
  • 2003 Geri Larkin

Unknown Dates

  • Ajahn Munindo
  • Sanderson Beck