End Notes

1 Published as Udàna Commentary (2 volumes), Oxford, 1994/5.

2 I have not included the parallels found in Nettipakaraõa and Peñakopadesa, as these are simply quotations of the relevant texts. (cont...)

Note that there are parallels to all the udànas in this collection in the Sanskrit Udànavarga, see the Udàna Parallels document elsewhere on this website.

3 The first 3 suttas in the Udàna also occur at the beginning of the Vinaya Mahàvagga. There however the Buddha is said to have reviewed pañiccasamuppàda in both forward and reverse orders during each of the three watches of the night. (cont...)

In the Udàna, on the other hand, the Buddha reviews pañiccasamuppàda in forward order during the 1^st watch, in reverse order during the 2^nd watch, and in both forward and reverse orders during the 3^rd watch. This is obviously more dramatic, but we cannot draw conclusions about the priority of the different versions from that alone. (cont...)

When we look at the various sources, Pàëi, Sanskrit, Tibetan, & Chinese, it is clear that there were a number of different traditions about the events immediately following the Awakening.

4 There are also 2 other udànas mentioned in the collection, which are not by the Buddha. The first was the exclamation made by Ven. Bhaddiya, expressing his happiness with the monk's life (Ud. 2-10): Aho sukhaü! Aho sukhaü! This udàna was also uttered by the Bodhisatta on 2 different occasions, see The Bodhisatta's Udànas in the Jàtaka in the Appendix. (cont...)

Sakka, king of the gods, also made an udàna after giving alms to Ven. Mahàkassapa (3-7): Aho dànaü! Paramadànaü Kassape suppatiññhitaü, Aho dànaü! Paramadànaü Kassape suppatiññhitan-ti.