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Bhaddaji

Bhaddajittheragāthā

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

  • 0.1Theragāthā 2.22Verses of the Senior Monks 2.22
  • 0.2DukanipātaThe Book of the Twos
  • 0.3TatiyavaggaChapter Three

0.4BhaddajittheragāthāBhaddaji

1.1“Panādo nāma so rājā,There was a king named Panāda1.2yassa yūpo suvaṇṇayo;who had a sacrificial post all golden.1.3Tiriyaṁ soḷasubbedho,Its height was sixteen times its width,1.4ubbhamāhu sahassadhā.and the top was a thousandfold.

2.1Sahassakaṇḍo satageṇḍu,It had a thousand panels and a hundred ball-caps,2.2dhajālu haritāmayo;all adorned with banners, and made of sun gold.12.3Anaccuṁ tattha gandhabbā,There danced the centaurs,2.4chasahassāni sattadhā”ti.numbering seven times six thousand.

2.5… Bhaddajitthero ….

Translator’s notes

  1. Gold is also called harita at Atharvaveda 11.2.12a.

    ↩ thag2.22:2.2