On some references of the Buddhapādamaṅgala to the Suttapiṭaka and the Abhidhammapiṭaka

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  • Giuliano Giustarini Mahidol University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/1825-263X/5784

Abstract

This article compares the Buddhapādamaṅgala, a Pāli work written in the Ayutthaya kingdom probably in the sixteenth century, with the canonical sources (mainly from the Suttapiṭaka and the Abhidhammapiṭaka) that inspired the symbology adopted by the text. The analysis indicates that this symbology, which permeates Buddhist tradition in Thailand, was developed through several stages under the influence of Pāli commentarial literature and of paracanonical texts such as the Milindapañha.

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Author Biography

Giuliano Giustarini, Mahidol University

Giuliano Giustarini, PhD (Turin 2004) teaches at the International PhD Program of Textual Buddhist Studies at Mahidol University (Thailand) and collaborates with the Fondazione Maitreya (Rome) and the Indo-Tibetan Lexical Resource (Hamburg). In 2017 he was Visiting Professor at La Sapienza University (Rome).

He can be contacted at: giulianogiustarini@gmail.com

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Published

2021-04-28

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