The Creative Erudition of Chapaṭa Saddhammajotipāla, a 15th-Century Grammarian and Philosopher from Burma
The Creative Erudition of Chapaṭa Saddhammajotipāla, a 15th-Century Grammarian and Philosopher from Burma
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来自缅甸的 15 世纪语法学家和哲学家 Chapaṭa Saddhammajotipāla 的创造性博学
作者：
A. Ruiz
本文着重论述了Theravāda儒僧Chapaṭa Saddhammajotipāla（公元15世纪的缅甸）的学术技巧。Chapaṭa是Pāli的几篇学术论文的作者，其中最大量的是Suttaniddesa，对Kaccāyana（约公元6至7世纪）的Pāli语法的评论。我对Pāli的语法传统，特别是对Pāli缅甸的语法传统，以及对Chapaṭa的生平和作品的介绍作了一般性的介绍。我还提供了第一个来自Suttaniddesa的注释翻译，通过这种方式，我展示了Chapaṭa的学术技术是如何基于对引文的精确（有时是挑剔的）使用，这些引文主要来自其他Pāli或梵语语法文本，但也来自佛教文献。最后，我对每一种不同类型的引文的类型和目的进行了初步的评估。虽然本文主要由前期工作组成，但它是第一篇完全致力于Theravāda传统中最重要的语法作品之一的Suttaniddesa的文章。
This paper focuses on the scholastic technique of the Theravāda scholar-monk Chapaṭa Saddhammajotipāla (Burma, fifteenth century CE). Chapaṭa is the author of several scholastic treatises in Pāli, the most voluminous of which is the Suttaniddesa, a commentary on the Pāli grammar of Kaccāyana (ca. sixth to seventh century CE). I offer a general introduction to the Pāli grammatical tradition and especially to the Pāli grammatical tradition of Burma, together with an introduction to the life and works of Chapaṭa. I also offer the first annotated translation of a passage from the Suttaniddesa and in this way I show how the scholastic technique of Chapaṭa is based on a precise (and sometimes fastidious) use of quotations, mainly from other Pāli or Sanskrit grammatical texts, but also from Buddhist literature. I finally give a preliminary assessment of typology and purpose of every different type of quotation. Although this paper consists mainly of preliminary work, it is the first essay entirely devoted to the Suttaniddesa, which is one of the most important grammatical works in the Theravāda tradition.