Timeline for Is there a mistranslation of definition of ignorance?
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| Jul 31, 2018 at 16:32 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | I don't mean to say that the entire list was in the text but then abbreviated. I mean that the text only contains one item, but that the audience (or reader) should understand that one item is associated with, represents, a longer list that's explained somewhere else (in a different sutta). Remember that the suttas aren't written, i.e. they're memorised oral texts -- so they can't be "marked" (except I think they have associated commentaries, though I haven't seen the commentaries and maybe the commentaries aren't translated). | |
| Jul 31, 2018 at 13:49 | comment | added | Dheeraj Verma | I think it is an excellent possible answer but it needs more support especially in the context of sutta SN 12.2. Where does the Pali Sutta or its translation in English marks the abbreviation for "... and abandoning , craving , and realizing cessation and cultivating the path"? If list of items were replaced by single word then author must have marked it somewhere in the text as it generally happens when some text is left out. | |
| Jul 31, 2018 at 13:23 | history | answered | ChrisW♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |