Re: [INDOLOGY] paṇḍita

Madhav Deshpande mmdesh at umich.edu
Fri Feb 24 18:20:50 UTC 2017


The word paṇḍitaka is often used in Pali in sarcastic ways to mean the
opposit:

Ambaṭṭhasuttaṃ - Buddhist Library Online
<http://buddhistlibraryonline.org/digha-nikaya/silakkhandhavaggapali/dn3-ambattha-sutta/14-amba-hasutta>
buddhistlibraryonline.org › ... › Silakkhandhavaggapali › DN3 Ambattha Sutta
Jun 6, 2014 - Evaṃ vutte, brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ etadavoca
– ''aho vata re amhākaṃ paṇḍitaka [paṇḍitakā], aho vata re ...

Madhav Deshpande
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:

> Here are some relevant passages from Pali canonical texts:
>
> Sāmaññaphalasuttaṃ - Buddhist Library Online
> <http://buddhistlibraryonline.com/index.php/dighanikaya/silakkhandhavaggapali/samannaphala-sutta/13-samnnaphala>
> buddhistlibraryonline.com/index.php/dighanikaya/.../
> samannaphala.../13-samnnaphal...
>
> <https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#>
>
>    1.
>    <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:3LENFPvyvuMJ:buddhistlibraryonline.com/index.php/dighanikaya/silakkhandhavaggapali/samannaphala-sutta/13-samnnaphala+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>
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> kaccāyano saṅghī ceva gaṇī ca gaṇācariyo ca ñāto yasassī titthakaro .... bāle
> ca paṇḍite ca sandhāvitvā saṃsaritvā dukkhassantaṃ karissantī'ti. 169.
> ... Bāle ca paṇḍite ca kāyassa bhedā ucchijjanti vinassanti, na honti paraṃ
> maraṇā'ti.
>
> Madhav Deshpande
> Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Aleksandar Uskokov via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> The same pair (pāṇḍityam/bālyam) is there in the Bṛhad-āraṇyaka 3.5.1.
>>
>> Yours
>> Aleksandar
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:59 AM, Tieken, H.J.H. via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Gary,
>>> In the Jaina canon there are various passages in which paṇḍita-maraṇa is
>>> contrasted with bāla-maraṇa; see Schubring, Die Lehre der Jainas, p. 182. I
>>> am certain that in among other Buddhist texts the Suttanipāta, similar
>>> passages with the bāla-paṇḍita pair may be found.
>>> Herman
>>>
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>>> *Aan:* indology at list.indology.info
>>> *Onderwerp:* [INDOLOGY] paṇḍita
>>>
>>> A colleague has asked about the history of the term “paṇḍita” and in
>>> particular whether it is found used early on to refer to a persons who is
>>> clever or wise without necessarily being a learned person in a formal way.
>>>
>>> -----
>>> Gary Tubb
>>> The University of Chicago
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