textual sequence

[petra kieffer-Pülz]

Dear All,

According to my experience the textual sequence in commentaries  
regularly is: text to be commented on (for instance a verse or list  
of terms), commentary on the words or terms of the preceding verse or  
list (pratīkas plus explanations). I now have a Pāli commentary  
where it is exactly the other way round (pratīkas plus explanations,  
followed by the text from which the pratīkas are extracted).

I would like to know whether this is  a common feature in  
commentarial literature only unnoticed by me.

Would be thankful for any comments,
Petra


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Dr. Petra Kieffer-Pülz
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