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two thirds of the Commentary are virtually almost inaccessible to 

 Occidental students is a fact that deserves especial emphasis as an 

 ample justification of the present paper. Norman's edition of the 

 first third is of course easily had ; but it may well be doubted whether 

 there are more than two or three copies of the Cingalese edition in the 

 western hemisphere, or more than one copy of the Burmese. And 

 there is probably not one bookseller in the United States who would 

 even attempt to procure directly such rare exotics. And even if a 

 considerable number of copies were to be found in the great libraries 

 of America, it is still true that the Burmese and Cingalese letters are 

 so troublesome that very few Occidentals, even among the students 

 of Pali, have learned to read these native editions with facility. 

 Secondly, it is hoped, by means of an Analysis of the first third of 

 the work, to afford some idea of its structure, contents, and style, not 

 only to professed students of Sanskrit and Pali, but also to students 

 of Comparative Literature, and to the general reader as well. 



In case the paper shall subserve, to however small a degree, the 

 purpose for which it is intended, a large share of the credit belongs, 

 not to me, but to my friend and teacher, Professor Lanman, who, in 

 the midst of pressing duties, has given me unreservedly of his time 

 and labor, and has assisted me in countless ways. I wish to thank 

 him most heartily for his many kindnesses to me during the progress 

 of my work. 



Note on the Table of Contents and Alphabetical Indes. — Unfor- 

 tunately, Fausboll has numbered the stanzas of the Dhammapada from 

 the beginning continuously ; and this bad example has been followed 

 by the Burmese edition ; and, to make a bad matter worse, its 

 numeration (from 163 to 208, and from 416 to 424) disagrees with 

 that of Fausboll. The Cingalese edition does not number the gathas. 

 In the following table, the numbers of the gathas are given in heavy 

 type and in square brackets immediately after the title of the 

 story : first, the number of the gatha as counted from the beginning 

 of its vagga 2 ; second, the number as counted continuously from the 

 beginning. If, for the latter numeration, on account of the disagree- 

 ment just mentioned, more than one number has to be given, or if, 

 on account of variation in the titles, more than one title has to be 

 given, they are distinguished by a prefixed F (meaning Fausboll), or B 

 (meaning Burmese), or C (meaning Cingalese). The stories are 

 numbered from the beginning of each book. The number as counted 



8 This is the only proper method. To ignore such important and histori- 

 cally significant native divisions is extremely reprehensible and unpractical. 



