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| INTRODUCTION
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The canonical tradition about the Psalms, and its historical significance, p. xiii.
Reason for the prior appearance of the Sisters' Psalms, p. xiv.
The Commentary and its functions, p. xv.
The authorship of the Psalms, p. xvii.
The legends of the Commentarial Chronicle, p. xviii.
The Sisters in tradition's perspective, p. xviii.
The Psalms as compiled aggregates of metrical memoirs, p. xix.
The refrains, p. xx.
The longer ballad or epic Psalms, p. xxi.
II. The Psalms as expressions of the religious mind, p. xxiii.; and of its motives for leaving the world, p. xxiv; and of how the Quest, when found, was envisaged, p. xxv.
Freedom, p. xxv.
Mental development, p. xxvi.
Consolation, p. xxvii.
Arrest of the eternal round, p. xxix.
Relation between teacher and disciple, p. xxxii.
The new life, p. xxxiii.
Analysis of the Goal, p. xxxvii.
Inquiry into matriarchal survivals, p. xxxviii.
III. Method pursued in translation and the metres, p. xxxix.
Indebtedness acknowledged, p. xli.
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THE COMMENTATOR'S INTRODUCTION
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| CANTO I. SINGLE VERSES
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| I.
| A certain Sister of a noble family of Vesālī, known as 'Therīkā.'
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| II.
| Muttā, daughter of a brahmin of Sāvatthī
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| III.
| Puṇṇā, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī
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| IV.
| Tissā, daughter of the Sākiyas, Kapilavatthu
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| V-X.
| Another Tissā, Dhīrā, another Dhīrā, Mittā, Bhadrā, Upasamā
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| XI.
| Muttā, daughter and wife of Kosalan brahmins
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| XII.
| DHAMMADINNĀ, daughter of a clansman (kulagehe), wife of a seṭṭhī (Visākha), both of Rājagaha, foremost of the Sisters who were preachers (Ang. Nik. i. 25)
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| XIII.
| Visākhā
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| XIV.
| Sumanā
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| XV.
| Uttarā (1)
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| XVI.
| Sumanā vuḍḍhapabbajitā, sister of Pasenadi, King of Kosala
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| XVII.
| Dhammā, daughter of a clansman of Sāvatthī
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| XVIII.
| Sanghā
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| CANTO II. PSALMS OF TWO VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| XIX.
| Abhirūpa-Nandā, daughter of the Sākiyas, Kapilavatthu
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| XX.
| Jentī or Jentā, daughter of the Licchavis, Vesālī
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| XXI.
| Sumangala's mother, daughter of poor people, wife of a rush-plaiter, Sāvatthī
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| XXII.
| Aḍḍhakāsī, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Kāsī, ex-courtezan
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| XXIII.
| Cittā, daughter of great burgess of Rājagaha
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| XXIV.
| Mettikā, daughter of a brahmin of Rājagaha
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| XXV.
| Mittā (2), daughter of the Sākiyas, Kapilavatthu
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| XXVI.
| Abhayā's mother, Padumavatī, ex-courtesan of Ujjenī
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| XXVII.
| Abhayā, daughter of a clansman of Ujjenī, friend of the foregoing
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| XXVIII.
| Sāmā, daughter of a great burgess of Kosambī
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| CANTO III. PSALMS OF THREE VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| XXIX.
| Another Sāmā, daughter of a clansman of Kosambī
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| XXX.
| Uttamā, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī, disciple of Paṭācārā
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| XXXI.
| Another Uttamā, daughter of a Kosalan brahmin
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| XXXII.
| Dantikā, daughter of a brahmin chaplain to the King of Kosala, Sāvatthī
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| XXXIII.
| Ubbirī, daughter of a great burgess of Sāvatthī, consort of the King
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| XXXIV.
| Sukkā, daughter of a great burgess of Rājagaha, pupil of Dhammadinnā, distinguished as preacher
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| XXXV.
| Selā, 'the Āḷavikan,' daughter of the King of Āḷavī
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| XXXVI.
| Somā, daughter of a brahmin, chaplain to the King of Magadha (Bimbisāra)
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| CANTO IV. PSALM OF FOUR VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| XXXVII.
| BHADDĀ KĀPILĀNĪ, daughter of a brahmin of the Kosiyas, at Sāgala, wife of Pippali Kassapa (Mahā-Kassapa) of Mahātittha, foremost of those Sisters who could remember past lives (cf. Ang. Nik., i, 25), a distinguished preacher (Vin., iv. 290, 292.)
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| CANTO V. PSALMS OF FIVE VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| XXXVIII.
| Vaḍḍhesī, of family unknown, nurse to Great Pajāpatī, founder of the Sisters' Order, of Devadaha, pupil of Dhammadinnā
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| XXXIX.
| Vimalā, daughter of a courtezan of Vesālī, ex-courtezan
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| XL.
| Sīhā, niece of General Sīha, of Vesālī
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| XLI.
| Sundarī-Nandā, daughter of Great Pajāpatī of the Sākiyan Gotamas, half-sister to the Buddha, of Kapilavatthu
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| XLII.
| Nanduttarā, daughter of a brahmin of Kammāssadamma, ex-Jain, pupil of the Great Moggallāna
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| XLIII.
| Mittakālī, daughter of a brahmin of Kammāssadamma
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| XLIV.
| SAKULĀ, or PAKULĀ, a brahmin matron of Sāvatthī, foremost of the Sisters who had the faculty of the 'Eye Celestial' (Ang. Nik, i. 25)
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| XLV.
| SOṆĀ, 'Bahuputtikā,' daughter of a clansman of Sāvatthī, foremost of the Sisters who were eminent in strenuous will
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| XLVI.
| BHADDĀ 'KUṆḌALAKESĀ,' ex-Jain, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Rājagaha, wife of a brahmin thief, foremost of the Sisters who had swift intuition (Ang. Nik., i. 25)
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| XLVII.
| PAṬĀCĀRĀ, daughter of a seṭṭhī of Sāvatthī, wife of her father's servant, foremost of the Sisters who were proficient in the Vinaya (Ang. Nik., i. 25), an eminent teacher and leader
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| XLVIII.
| Thirty Sisters, disciples of Paṭācārā
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| XLIX.
| Candā, daughter of a poor brahmin
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| CANTO VI. PSALMS OF SIX VERSES
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| Paṭācārā's 'Five Hundred' bereaved mothers whom she comforted and ordained
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| LI.
| Vāsitthī, or Vāsetthī, daughter of a clansman of Vesālī, wife of a (?) brahmin, a teacher
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| LII.
| KHEMĀ, daughter of the King's family at Sāgala in Magadha, wife of King Bimbisāra, Rājagaha, foremost of the Sisters who were distinguished for insight (Ang. Nik., i. 25), ranked by the Buddha as a model Sister (Sany. Nik., ii. 236)
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| LIII.
| Sujātā, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Sāketa, wife of a seṭṭhi
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| LIV.
| Anopamā, daughter of the seṭṭhi Majjha of Sāketa
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| LV.
| GREAT PAJĀPATĪ, THE GOTAMID, Foundress of the Order of Bhikkunīs, daughter of the Sakiyan Añjana (or Mahā-Suppabuddha) of Devadaha, sister to Great Māyā, mother of the Buddha, and co-wife of Suddhohana of Kapilavatthu, foremost of the Sisters who were of long standing and experience
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| LVI.
| Guttā, daughter of a brahmin of Sāvatthī
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| LVII.
| Vijayā, daughter of a clansman of Rājagaha
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| CANTO VII. PSALMS OF SEVEN VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LVIII.
| Uttarā (2), daughter of a clansman of Sāvatthī, disciple of Paṭācārā
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| LIX.
| Cālā, daughter of the brahminee Surūpasārī, of Nālaka, Magadha, sister of Sāriputta, chief of the Bhikkhus
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| LX.
| Upacālā, sister to Cālā
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| CANTO VIII. PSALM OF EIGHT VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LXI.
| Sīsupacālā, sister to Upacālā
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| CANTO IX. PSALM OF NINE VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LXII.
| Vaḍḍha's mother, daughter of a clansman of Bhārukaccha
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| CANTO X. PSALM OF ELEVEN VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LXIII.
| 'KISĀ'-GOTAMĪ, daughter of poor people of Sāvatthī, foremost of the Sisters who wore rough clothing
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| CANTO XI. PSALM OF TWELVE VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LXIV.
| UPPALAVAṆṆĀ, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī, foremost of the Sisters who had iddhi (Ang. Nik., i. 25), ranked with Khemā by the Buddha as pre-eminent in the Sisterhood (Saŋy. Nik., ii. 236)
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| CANTO XII. PSALM OF SIXTEEN VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LXV.
| Puṇṇikā, or Puṇṇā, daughter of a slave in the household of Anāthapiṇḍika, seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī, and freed by him
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| CANTO XIII. PSALMS OF ABOUT TWENTY VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LXVI.
| Ambapālī, a foundling, ex-courtezan of Vesālī
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| LXVII.
| Rohiṇī, daughter of a brahmin of Vesālī
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| LXVIII.
| Cāpā, daughter of a head-trapper (jeṭṭhakamigaluddaka) of Vankahāra, wife of Upaka, ex-Ājīvaka (ascetic)
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| LXIX.
| Sundarī, daughter of a brahmin, Sujāta, of Sāvatthī
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| LXX.
| Subhā, 'the goldsmith's daughter,' of Rājagaha
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| CANTO XIV. PSALM OF THIRTY-FOUR VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LXXI.
| Subhā, 'of Jīvaka's Mango-grove,' daughter of a brahmin of Rājagaha
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| CANTO XV. PSALM OF OVER FORTY VERSES
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LXXII.
| Isidāsī, daughter of a seṭṭhi of Ujjenī, ex-wife of a seṭṭhi of Sāketa (Patna)
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| CANTO XVI. THE GREAT CANTO,
ASCRIBED TO–
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| LXXIII.
| Sumedhā, daughter of Koñca, King of Vāraṇavatī
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| APPENDIX
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| VERSES ATTRIBUTED TO SISTERS IN THE BHIKKUNĪ-SAŊYUTTA OF THE SAŊYUTTA-NIKĀYA:
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| Āḷavikā (in Ps. xxxv. Selā, Princess of Āḷavī)
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| 2.
| Somā (see Ps. xxxv.)
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| 3.
| Gotamī (= Kisā-Gotamī, Ps. lxiii.)
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| 4.
| Vijayā (a different Psalm from Vijayā's Ps. lvii. Cf. Khemā's opening lines, Ps. lii.)
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| 5.
| Uppalavaṇṇā (cf. fourth episode, Ps. lxiv.)
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| Cālā (cf. Upacālā's Psalm, lx.)
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| 7.
| Upacālā (cf. Sīsupacālā's Psalm, lxi.)
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| 8.
| Sīsupacālā (cf. Cālā's Psalm, lix.)
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| 9.
| Selā
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| 10.
| Vajirā
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| VERSES CONCERNING SUKKĀ IN THE YAKKHA-SAŊYUTTA OF THE SAŊYUTTA-NIKĀYA
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| NOTES
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| INDEX
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