2 siddhaM . Āvijjapaccayā saṅkhāra saṅkhārapaccayā viññaṇa viññaṇapaccayā nāmarūpaṁ nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṁ saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso phassapaccayā vedanā vedanapaccayā 3 taṇhā taṇhapaccayā Upādanā Upādānapaccayā bhavo bhavapaccayā jāti jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevita duẖkhado manassūpāyāsa sambhavanti Evam etassa kevalassa dukkhakhandha 4 ssa samudayo hotī ti Āvijjāya tv eva Asesavirāganirodhā saṅkhāranirodho saṅkhāranirodhā viññaṇanirodho viññaṇanirodhā nāmarūpanirodho nāmarūpanirodhā saḷāyatananirodho saḷāya 5 tananirodhā phassanirodho phassanirodhā vedanānīrodho vedananirodhā taṇhanirodho taṇhanirodhā Upadānanirodho upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho bhavanirodhā jātinirodho 6 jātinirodhā jarāmaraṇasokaparidevitaduẖkhadomanassūpāyā sa nirūjjhantī ti Evam etassa kevalassa duẖkhakhandhassa nirodho hotī ti @.@.@ UdayavayabhaṅgabhayaAdinnavaniccidamuṁjatuUpekkha 7 siddham siddha cattāro satipaṭthānā cattāro samappadhāna cattāro Iddhippādā pañcindriyani pañca balāni satta bājñaṅgāni Ariyo Aṭṭha ṅgiko maggo 30 7 cattarimāni bhikkhuve tathāgatassa vesārajjāni 8 yehi vesārajjehi samannāgato tathāgato Āsabhan thānaṁ paṭi jānāti parisāsu sihanādaṁ nadati brahmacakkam vatteti – katamāni cattāri sammāsaṁbuddhassa te paṭijānāti Ime dhammā 9 Anābhisaṁbuddhā ti tattra vata maṁ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā ko ci vā lokasmiṁ sahadhammena paṭicodessantī ti nimittam etaṁ bhikkhave na samanupassāmi Etaṁ pāhaṁ bhikkhave nimitta 10 m etaṁ Asamanupassanto khemāpatto Abhayapatto vesārajjāpatto viharāmi 1 khīṇāsavassa te paṭijānanto Ime Āsavā Aparikkhīṇā ti tattrā vata maṁ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā 11 māro vā ko ci vā lokasmiṁ sahadhammena paṭicodessantī ti nimittam e taṁ bhikkhave na samanupassāmi Etaṁ pāhaṁ bhikkhave nimittaṁ Asa manupassanto khemapatto Abhayapatto vesarajjāpatto viharāmi 2 2 10 ye kho pana te Antarāyikā dhammā vuttā te paṭisevanto nālaṁ Antara yāyāti tattra vata maṁ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā ko ci vā lokasmiṁ sahadhammena paṭicodessatī ti nimittam etaṁ 3 10 bhikkhave na samanupassāmi Etaṁ pāhaṁ bhikkhave nimittaṁ Asamanu passanto khemapatto Abhayapatto vesārajjāpatto viharāmi 3 yassa kho pana te Atthāya dhammo desito so na nī 4 10 yati takkarassa sammadukkhakhayāyā ti tattra vata maṁ samaṇo vā brahma ṇo brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā ko ci vā lokasmiṁ sahadhammena paṭico dessanti ti nimittam etaṁ bhikkhave na samanupassāmi Etaṁ pāhaṁ bhikkha 5 10 ve nīmittaṁ Asamanupassanto khemapatto Abhayapatto viha rāmi Imāni kho bhikkhave cattāri tathāgatassa vesāra jjānītī ti .@ katamehi bhagavā cuddasehi buddhañāṇe 6 10 hi samannāgato tathāgato duẖkhe ñāṇaṁ buddhañāṇaṁ dukkhasamudaye ñāṇaṁ buddhañāṇaṁ 2 dukkhanirodhe ñāṇaṁ buddhañāṇaṁ 2 dukkhanirodha gāmini paṭipade ñāṇaṁ buddhañāṇa 4 Atthapaṭisaṁbhide ñāṇaṁ 7 10 buddhañāṇaṁ 5 dhammapaṭisaṁbhide ñāṇaṁ buddhañāṇaṁ 6 nirūtti paṭisaṁbhide ñāṇaṁ buddhañāṇaṁ 7 paṭibhānapaṭisabhi de ñāṇaṁ buddhañāṇaṁ 8 yamakapaṭiherañāṇaṁ buddhañāṇaṁ 9 8 10 vehākarūṇasamāpattiyā ñāṇaṁ buddhañāṇaṁ savvaññutañāṇaṁ buddha ñāṇaṁ Anāvaraṇāñāṇaṁ buddhañāṇa Imehi bhagavā cuddasehi buddhañāṇehi samannāgato ti ti .@ 9 10 maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko seṭṭho saccānaṁ caturo padā virāgo se ṭṭho dhammānaṁ dīpadānaṁ cecakkhumā ti .@ siṁddhaṁ danto dantehi saha puraṇajaṭilehi vippamuttehi siṁginikasavaṇṇo rājāgahaṁ pavisi bhagavā 1 mutto muttehi saha puraṇajaṭilehi siginikasavaṇṇo rājāgahaṁ pavisi bhagavā 2 tiṇṇo tiṇṇehi saha puraṇajaṭilehi vippamuttehi siginikavaṇṇo rājāgahaṁ pa visi bhagavā 3 dasabale dasavāso dasadhaṁma cupeto so dasasataṁparivaro rājagahaṁ pavisi bha gavā 4 yo dhiro sabbadhi danto suddho Appaṭipuggalo Arahaṁ sugato loke tassahaṁ parivarako ti .@ @. Iti pi so tagavā Arahaṁ saṁmāsaṁbuddho vijjācaraṇasaṁpanno sugato lokavidū Anuttaro purisadaṁmasārathī satthā devāmanussānāṁ bundho bhagavā ti sukhi bhavatu . 5

30 7 See Falk's comment on what he interprets as a closing punctuation mark on p. 63. viññaṇapaccayā viññaṇāpaccayā viññaṇanirodho viññaṇanirodhā viññāṇanirodho viññāṇanirodhā niccida nibbida Upekkha Upekkhā 30 7 Schlußzeichen vatteti – vatteti brahma ṇo 2 3 vehā mahā ce ca dasavāso dasavāsa tagavā bhagavā lokavidū Anuttaro lokavidu Anuttano devāmanussānāṁ bundho devāmanussānā buddho . 5 Schlußzeichen

18. <tathāgatassa>: the <ga> is poorly realized, approaching <ta> in shape; see line 19.

19. <tathāgato>: the <ga> is poorly realized, approaching <ta> in shape; see line 18.

20. <brahmacakkam>: for the same unusual shape of <b>, see line 37.

37. <brahmacakkam>: for the same unusual shape of <b>, see line 20.

43. <duẖkhe>: the scribe rather seems to have written <dumbe>.

The discovery of excerpts in Pali from the Abhidhamma and Vinaya inscribed on 20 gold leaves (in the style of palm-leaf manuscripts) was first reported in 1926-27: 178-80, 200-1. The inscription was carefully edited by Lu Pe Win in 1939: 12-22. A complete Burmese transcription appears in 25-33. I, 139, provides an overview and a summary of earlier literature. is a study of the script used for the inscription. provides a Romanized transliteration with notes. Finally, 22, 24-7, includes a detailed description of “The Golden Pali Text” with commentary. Re-edited here from published photographs.

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