Talk:Sub-commentaries (Theravāda)

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Ṭīkā vs Añña

Check tipitaka.app, on the latest Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭāka version, these books: Visuddhimagga, Saṅgāyana-puccha vissajjanā. Leḍī sayāḍo gantha-saṅgaho, Buddha-vandanā gantha-saṅgaho, Vaṃsa-gantha-saṅgaho, Byākaraṇa gantha-saṅgaho, Nīti-gantha-saṅgaho, Pakiṇṇaka-gantha-saṅgaho, and Sihaḷa-gantha-saṅgaho;

are part of añña ("other-commentaries"), not ṭīkā ("sub-commentaries");

But here, some of them are categorized as ṭīkā. It seems that the aṭṭhakathā and ṭīkā terms are only used strictly for the commentaries and sub-commentaries of the books that have a mūla (the referenced main book must also be there in the canonical Pāli Canon).

Is it possible to separate the "sub-commentaries" and "other-commentaries" as two different Wiki articles to make them comply the official/canonical categorization? Any thoughts?

Faredoka (talk) 12:10, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Language specification

Can we clarify in the article which texts are in Pali, which are in Sanskrit, and which in, for instance, Chinese ? --InnocentsAbroad2 (talk) 17:54, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The listing is from a Burmese source that doesn't specify, but I would be surprised if any of them are in anything other than Pali. --Clay Collier (talk) 05:55, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just another thought -- what is the Wikipedia policy on links to on line texts of translations ?

A little worried these links, like most links to religious or on line text sites, might be a little slow.

Also, that I suspect many of the commentaries and subcommentaries are only partially translated into English. My own preference would be side by side translations to Pali (as well as being more educational). --InnocentsAbroad2 (talk) 21:31, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what your question is re: link policy. There is only one external link I can find in the article, and it doesn't contain any translations. Are you asking if we are allowed to link to translations that are hosted at sites that might not be of verifiable scholarly quality? I think it would be a case-by-case basis- if you find a linked translation site that seems to be hosting a poor or idiosyncratic translation, challenge the inclusion on the talk page for the related article. A site like Access to Insight, for instance, has a lot of credibility for hosting Pali translations, but there are doubtlessly a lot of sites that have older or questionable content. There isn't a lot of choice in free translation sites, but if you can find something that has side-by-side text you can always include it. --Clay Collier (talk) 04:58, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Belated answers:

They're all in Pali. That is, all those listed. As the article says, there are others in vernaculars.
Hardly anything has been translated.

Peter jackson (talk) 16:01, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]