Two Notes on Visuddhimagga IX

By Richard Gombrich

3 pages

Buddhaghosa is referring to the brahminical etymology

An obscure pun explained.

Published in 1988 in The Journal of the Pali Text Society by The Pali Text Society, Bristol.

Bibtex Data

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    title={{T}wo {N}otes on \textit{Visuddhimagga} {I}{X}},
    author={Richard Gombrich},
    publisher={The Pali Text Society},
    address={Bristol},
    year=1988,
    journal={The Journal of the Pali Text Society},
    volume=12,
    pages={169--171},
    keywords={pali-commentaries,vsm},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://archive.org/download/jpts-xii-1988/Two%20Notes%20on%20Visuddhimagga%20IX%20-%20Richard%20Gombrich_text.pdf}
}

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