Are there Pali textual variants to Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500?

Raftafarian · January 25, 2023, 9:50pm

Are there Pali textual varients to Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500? Are they available in romanized versions and maybe even on the internet?

Snowbird · January 26, 2023, 3:11am

Are you asking for something different from the way you can view them on SuttaCentral?

You have to activate both the Pali and the notes:

If you are just looking for the raw data, that can be found in JSON files on the github repo:

github.com

suttacentral/bilara-data/blob/published/variant/pli/ms/sutta/mn/mn10_variant-pli-ms.json

{
  "mn10:4.3": "satova → sato (bj, sya-all, pts1ed) ",
  "mn10:5.4": "Evampi kho → evampi (bj, sya-all, pts1ed) ",
  "mn10:10.2": "nhāru → nahāru (bj, pts1ed); nahārū (sya-all) | siṅghāṇikā lasikā muttan’ti → muttaṁ matthaluṅganti (mr) ",
  "mn10:10.3": "putoḷi → mūtoḷī (bj, sya-all); mutoḷī (pts1ed) ",
  "mn10:12.3": "catumahāpathe → cātummahāpathe (bj, sya-all, pts1ed) ",
  "mn10:16.1": "kulalehi vā khajjamānaṁ gijjhehi vā khajjamānaṁ kaṅkehi vā khajjamānaṁ sunakhehi vā khajjamānaṁ byagghehi vā khajjamānaṁ dīpīhi vā khajjamānaṁ siṅgālehi vā → kulalehi vā khajjamānaṁ gijjhehi vā khajjamānaṁ supāṇehi vā khajjamānaṁ sigālehi vā (si, pts1ed), gijjhehi vā khajjamānaṁ kulalalehi vā khajjamānaṁ suvāṇehi vā khajjamānaṁ siṇigālehi vā (sya-all) ",
  "mn10:24.1": "aññena phāsukaṭṭhikaṁ aññena piṭṭhiṭṭhikaṁ aññena khandhaṭṭhikaṁ → aññena piṭṭhikaṇṭakaṁ aññena piṭṭhikaṇṭakaṭṭhikaṁ aññena phāsukaṭṭhikaṁ aññena uraṭṭhikaṁ aññena bāhuṭṭhikaṁ aññena aṁsaṭṭhikaṁ (sya-all) | aññena kaṭaṭṭhikaṁ aññena piṭṭhikaṇṭakaṁ (pts1ed) | aññena gīvaṭṭhikaṁ aññena hanukaṭṭhikaṁ aññena dantaṭṭhikaṁ aññena sīsakaṭāhaṁ → aññena sīsakaṭāhaṁ (si) ",
  "mn10:32.2": "sukhaṁ vā → sukhaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, mr) ",
  "mn10:32.3": "Dukkhaṁ vā → dukkhaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, mr) "
}

Raftafarian · January 26, 2023, 3:42am

I am asking if there are other Pali source texts. For example, are there texts that were maintained in a different location such as Burma. I am assuming that the source text we see here is from Sri Lanka. I want to compare them to see whether the text in some suttas changed over time.

Snowbird · January 26, 2023, 4:05am

Ah, so you want alternatives to Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka? Not just a list of variants?

I believe that Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka originates in Burma.

A romanized digital version of the Sri Lankan manuscript is available on line, however it is so filled with errors that it is useless.

Raftafarian · January 26, 2023, 4:18am

When you say errors, do you mean it disagrees with the other or that the romanization is faulty.

Snowbird · January 26, 2023, 5:05am

Typos. So many typos.

sujato · January 26, 2023, 5:12am

There’s also the PTS edition online, both that and the buddhajayanthi are available at gretil.

There is also a digitised Thai edition, and perhaps others but I don’t know much about them.

I don’t think any of the digital editions are useful for understanding historical development. Occasionally there are regional differences.