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A Redaction-Critical Study of Petavatthu

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dc.contributor.author Gamage, A.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-08T08:59:18Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-08T08:59:18Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.citation Gamage, Aruna K., 2015. A Redaction-Critical Study of Petavatthu. Paper presented at the International Research Conference on Christian Studies, 04-05 July 2015, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/8726
dc.description.abstract Applying the methods of Biblical criticism particularly Redaction criticism this paper presents a redaction-critical study of Petavatthu-pāḷi (the seventh book of Khuddakanikāya in the Pāli canon). While doctrinal, chronological and philological aspects of the Petavatthu have been studied so far, the method of Redaction Criticism has not been employed in studying this text. This paper attempts to fill that lacuna. Redaction Criticism is meant to detect the redactor’s or editor’s intervention in an author’s original work. The two terms ‘editor’ and ‘redactor’ are used synonymously in this paper while the term ‘author’ refers to the creator of the original work. The redactor intends to facilitate the reader’s comprehension of the text by ‘filling in the blanks’ or adding material that would allegedly interconnect disparate statements in the original text. As specialists in Redaction Criticism assert, such seams or stitches, though meant to clarify the original text, might end up interrupting its flow. Modelling on John 3 and Mark 16, the interventions of the redactors (saṅgītikārā) in the Petavatthu-pāḷi, is examined. The commentary on the Petavatthu is also consulted as a possible aid to detect the editorial interventions. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Kelaniya en_US
dc.subject Redaction Criticism, Theravada tradition, Pāli commentaries, saṅgītikārās en_US
dc.title A Redaction-Critical Study of Petavatthu en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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