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Lomasakaṅgiya

Lomasakaṅgiyattheragāthā

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theragāthā 1.27Verses of the Senior Monks 1.27
  • 0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • 0.3TatiyavaggaChapter Three

0.4LomasakaṅgiyattheragāthāLomasakaṅgiya

1.1“Dabbaṁ kusaṁ poṭakilaṁ,With my chest I’ll thrust aside11.2usīraṁ muñjapabbajaṁ;the grasses, vines, canes,1.3Urasā panudissāmi,the vetiver, rushes and reeds,1.4vivekamanubrūhayan”ti.and foster seclusion.

1.5… Lomasakaṅgiyo thero ….

Translator’s notes

  1. The grasses mentioned are dabba, kusa, poṭakila (kans grass, wild sugarcane), usīra (vetiver), muñja (sugarcane bamboo grass), and pabbaja (here unlikely to be Eleusine indica per usual identification, because it is too short. Perhaps meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis). Thag 3.5 gives a little more context.

    ↩ thag1.27:1.1