Note On The Bhanavaras
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Note On The Bh\"N"Avras.
As the division into Bh"n"avras or Portions for Recitation is of some value in the history of the way in which the books were handed down, and is now overshadowed by the more practical division for modern purposes adopted in this translation into chapters and sections, the following table may be of use:--
Mahvagga.
Present division.
Pali title.
Page in text.
Extent in text.
Khandhaka
I.
Chapter
6.
Pa"th"ama-bh"n"avra"m"
14
14
14.
Dutiyaka-bh"n"avra"m"
24
10
21.
Uruvela-p"t"ihriya"m" tatiyaka-bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m"
35
11
24.
\"K"atutthaka-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
44
9
30.
Upa"g"gh"ya-vatta-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m" pa"k"ama"m"
58
14
33.
\"Kh"at"t"h"am bh"n"avra"m"
61
3
38.
Sattama"m" bh"n"avra"m"
71
10
53.
Abhayvara-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
81
10
79.
98
? 17
Khandhaka
Ii.
Chapter
16.
A\"a-titthiya-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
115
16
27.
\"K"odan-vatthu-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
128
13
36.
Uposatha-khandhake tatiya"m" bh"n"avra"m"
136
8
Khandhaka
Iii.
Chapter
8.
Vassvsa-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
148
11
14.
155
7
Khandhaka
Iv.
Chapter
6.
Pa"th"ama-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
164
9
18.
178
14
Khandhaka
V
has no Bh"n"avras, and ends in the text on page
198
20
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Khandhaka
Vi.
Chapter
15.
Bhesa"g"g"a-anu"ta-bh. pa"th"ama"m"
209
10
30.
Li"k"kh"avi-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
233
24
33.
\"K"atu-vsati-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
240
7
40.
251
11
Khandhaka
Vii.
Chapter
7.
Adya-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
259
7
13.
265
6
Khandhaka
Viii.
Chapter
1.
Pa"th"amaka-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
281
14
15.
Viskh-bh"n"avra"m"
294
13
32.
310
16
Khandhaka
Ix.
Chapter
4.
Vsabha-gma-bh"n"avra"m" pa"th"ama"m"
322
11
6.
Upli-pu"k"kh"-bh"n"avra"m" dutiya"m"
328
6
7.
333
5
Khandhaka
X.
Chapter
2.
Dighvu-bh"n"avra"m" pa"th"ama"m"
349
13
6.
359
10
\"K"Ullavagga.
Khandhaka
I-iv.
None.
Khandhaka
V.
Chapter
21.
Dutiya-bh"n"avra"m"
129
25
37.
143
14
Khandhaka
Vi.
Chapter
3.
Bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m" pa"th"ama"m"
154
9
11.
Dutiya-bh"n"avra"m"
167
13
21.
177
10
Khandhaka
Vii.
Chapter
2.
Pa"th"amaka-bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m"
188
9
3.
Bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m" dutiya"m"
198
10
5.
Bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m" tatiya"m"
206
8
Khandhaka
Viii.
Chapter
4.
Bh"n"avra"m" pa"th"ama"m"
215
8
12.
Dutiya-bh"n"avra"m"
231
16
14.
231
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Khandhaka
Ix.
Chapter
3.
Pa"th"amo bh"n"avro 1
247
12
5.
251
4
Khandhaka
X.
Chapter
8.
Pa"th"ama-bh"n"avra"m"
261
9
16.
Dutiya-bh"n"avra"m"
271
10
27.
Tatiya-bh"n"avra"m"
281
10
Khandhaka
Xi.
has none
292
9
Khandhaka
Xii.
Chapter
1.
Pa"th"ama-bh"n"avra"m"
301
8
2.
307
6
On this it may be observed--
1. The last Bh"n"avra in each Khandhaka is not referred to either by name or by number, except in Mahvagga II, and in "K"ullavagga VII and X. In the Mahvagga fourteen of the Bh"n"avras have special titles, independent of their number in the particular Khandhaka.
2. Probably two Bh"n"avras in Mahvagga V, all the Bh"n"avras in "K"ullavagga I-IV, and the first in "K"ullavagga V, are not noticed in the printed text.
3. Making allowance for these we have in the Mahvagga 31 (? 32) Bh"n"avras, occupying about 350 pages of Pli text, and about 610 pages in our translation. In books V-XII of the "K"ullavagga we have 20 Bh"n"avras, occupying about 200 pages of Pli text, and about 350 pages in our translation. Total 51 (? 52) Bh"n"avras, occupying about 550 pages of Pli, and about 960 pages of translation.
4. As in the printed text repetitions have been avoided by a mode of reference to former passages which was impossible in the MSS., the average length of the matter contained in a Bh"n"avra, as written much more in full in the MSS., would be somewhat greater than its average length as actually printed. It would probably amount to what, if printed verbatim, would occupy in space not much less than a sheet of the size and type used in the edition of the text. Thus the three Bh"n"avras in Mahvagga VIII, which owing to the subject-matter are printed with only a few such contractions, occupy respectively 14, 13, and 16 pages of the text.
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5. The recital in the usual sara-bha"a (or intonation, see "K"ullavagga V, 3) of such a 'portion for recitation' would occupy in time about half-an-hour.
6. Spence Hardy informs us in his 'Eastern Monachism' (p. 168) that the Dgha Nikya contains 64, the Ma"g"gh"ima Nikya 80, the Sa"m"yutta Nikya 100, and the Aguttara Nikya 120 Bh"n"avras. In fact it is only a few of the longer Suttas in the first two collections which are actually divided into Bh"n"avras in the MSS.; and only the longer Niptas in the Aguttara. There are no Bh"n"avras in the Eka- and Duka-Niptas of that collection; and there are also none in the Sa"m"yutta Nikya, and none in any of the books of the later literature contained in the Abhidhamma Pi"t"aka (including all those in the Khuddaka Nikya) as yet published.
Footnotes
417:1 Sic. This is the only instance in the Vinaya of a masculine use of the word.
7. The division into Bh"n"avras is not made use of in many books of the Pi"t"akas themselves, or in the fifth-century commentaries of Buddhaghosa and others. In the Sutta-vibhaga it is only used in Pr"g"ikas I-III, and in the Parivra not at all. When Spence Hardy says therefore (loc. cit. p. 172) that the Pi"t"akas and commentaries combined contain 5347 Bh"n"avras, he must be referring to a mere calculation and not to the actual use of the MSS. On the other hand, the fact of Bh"n"avras being used in the Dpava"m"sa and the Khudda-sikkh may possibly afford some clue to the age in which those works were composed.
Note On The Bh\"N"Avras.
As the division into Bh"n"avras or Portions for Recitation is of some value in the history of the way in which the books were handed down, and is now overshadowed by the more practical division for modern purposes adopted in this translation into chapters and sections, the following table may be of use:--
Mahvagga.
Present division.
Pali title.
Page in text.
Extent in text.
Khandhaka
I.
Chapter
6.
Pa"th"ama-bh"n"avra"m"
14
14
14.
Dutiyaka-bh"n"avra"m"
24
10
21.
Uruvela-p"t"ihriya"m" tatiyaka-bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m"
35
11
24.
\"K"atutthaka-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
44
9
30.
Upa"g"gh"ya-vatta-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m" pa"k"ama"m"
58
14
33.
\"Kh"at"t"h"am bh"n"avra"m"
61
3
38.
Sattama"m" bh"n"avra"m"
71
10
53.
Abhayvara-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
81
10
79.
98
? 17
Khandhaka
Ii.
Chapter
16.
A\"a-titthiya-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
115
16
27.
\"K"odan-vatthu-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
128
13
36.
Uposatha-khandhake tatiya"m" bh"n"avra"m"
136
8
Khandhaka
Iii.
Chapter
8.
Vassvsa-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
148
11
14.
155
7
Khandhaka
Iv.
Chapter
6.
Pa"th"ama-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
164
9
18.
178
14
Khandhaka
V
has no Bh"n"avras, and ends in the text on page
198
20
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Khandhaka
Vi.
Chapter
15.
Bhesa"g"g"a-anu"ta-bh. pa"th"ama"m"
209
10
30.
Li"k"kh"avi-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
233
24
33.
\"K"atu-vsati-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
240
7
40.
251
11
Khandhaka
Vii.
Chapter
7.
Adya-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
259
7
13.
265
6
Khandhaka
Viii.
Chapter
1.
Pa"th"amaka-bh. ni"t"th"ita"m"
281
14
15.
Viskh-bh"n"avra"m"
294
13
32.
310
16
Khandhaka
Ix.
Chapter
4.
Vsabha-gma-bh"n"avra"m" pa"th"ama"m"
322
11
6.
Upli-pu"k"kh"-bh"n"avra"m" dutiya"m"
328
6
7.
333
5
Khandhaka
X.
Chapter
2.
Dighvu-bh"n"avra"m" pa"th"ama"m"
349
13
6.
359
10
\"K"Ullavagga.
Khandhaka
I-iv.
None.
Khandhaka
V.
Chapter
21.
Dutiya-bh"n"avra"m"
129
25
37.
143
14
Khandhaka
Vi.
Chapter
3.
Bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m" pa"th"ama"m"
154
9
11.
Dutiya-bh"n"avra"m"
167
13
21.
177
10
Khandhaka
Vii.
Chapter
2.
Pa"th"amaka-bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m"
188
9
3.
Bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m" dutiya"m"
198
10
5.
Bh"n"avra"m" ni"t"th"ita"m" tatiya"m"
206
8
Khandhaka
Viii.
Chapter
4.
Bh"n"avra"m" pa"th"ama"m"
215
8
12.
Dutiya-bh"n"avra"m"
231
16
14.
231
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Khandhaka
Ix.
Chapter
3.
Pa"th"amo bh"n"avro 1
247
12
5.
251
4
Khandhaka
X.
Chapter
8.
Pa"th"ama-bh"n"avra"m"
261
9
16.
Dutiya-bh"n"avra"m"
271
10
27.
Tatiya-bh"n"avra"m"
281
10
Khandhaka
Xi.
has none
292
9
Khandhaka
Xii.
Chapter
1.
Pa"th"ama-bh"n"avra"m"
301
8
2.
307
6
On this it may be observed--
1. The last Bh"n"avra in each Khandhaka is not referred to either by name or by number, except in Mahvagga II, and in "K"ullavagga VII and X. In the Mahvagga fourteen of the Bh"n"avras have special titles, independent of their number in the particular Khandhaka.
2. Probably two Bh"n"avras in Mahvagga V, all the Bh"n"avras in "K"ullavagga I-IV, and the first in "K"ullavagga V, are not noticed in the printed text.
3. Making allowance for these we have in the Mahvagga 31 (? 32) Bh"n"avras, occupying about 350 pages of Pli text, and about 610 pages in our translation. In books V-XII of the "K"ullavagga we have 20 Bh"n"avras, occupying about 200 pages of Pli text, and about 350 pages in our translation. Total 51 (? 52) Bh"n"avras, occupying about 550 pages of Pli, and about 960 pages of translation.
4. As in the printed text repetitions have been avoided by a mode of reference to former passages which was impossible in the MSS., the average length of the matter contained in a Bh"n"avra, as written much more in full in the MSS., would be somewhat greater than its average length as actually printed. It would probably amount to what, if printed verbatim, would occupy in space not much less than a sheet of the size and type used in the edition of the text. Thus the three Bh"n"avras in Mahvagga VIII, which owing to the subject-matter are printed with only a few such contractions, occupy respectively 14, 13, and 16 pages of the text.
p. 418
5. The recital in the usual sara-bha"a (or intonation, see "K"ullavagga V, 3) of such a 'portion for recitation' would occupy in time about half-an-hour.
6. Spence Hardy informs us in his 'Eastern Monachism' (p. 168) that the Dgha Nikya contains 64, the Ma"g"gh"ima Nikya 80, the Sa"m"yutta Nikya 100, and the Aguttara Nikya 120 Bh"n"avras. In fact it is only a few of the longer Suttas in the first two collections which are actually divided into Bh"n"avras in the MSS.; and only the longer Niptas in the Aguttara. There are no Bh"n"avras in the Eka- and Duka-Niptas of that collection; and there are also none in the Sa"m"yutta Nikya, and none in any of the books of the later literature contained in the Abhidhamma Pi"t"aka (including all those in the Khuddaka Nikya) as yet published.
Footnotes
417:1 Sic. This is the only instance in the Vinaya of a masculine use of the word.
7. The division into Bh"n"avras is not made use of in many books of the Pi"t"akas themselves, or in the fifth-century commentaries of Buddhaghosa and others. In the Sutta-vibhaga it is only used in Pr"g"ikas I-III, and in the Parivra not at all. When Spence Hardy says therefore (loc. cit. p. 172) that the Pi"t"akas and commentaries combined contain 5347 Bh"n"avras, he must be referring to a mere calculation and not to the actual use of the MSS. On the other hand, the fact of Bh"n"avras being used in the Dpava"m"sa and the Khudda-sikkh may possibly afford some clue to the age in which those works were composed.
