26 CHAPTERS · 423 VERSES

Dhammapada

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Pāli · English · Vietnamese

All 423 verses. Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti edition. English: Bhikkhu Sujato. Vietnamese: Bhikkhu Thích Minh Châu, via SuttaCentral/Bilara. CC0.

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Source end-summaries retain their Pāli wording; missing translations of these ancillary lines are marked.

法句經 · 葉均／了參法師

26 chapters and 423 verse anchors in the credited Chinese translation. Traditional Chinese verse wording is retained; this is not a new modern Mandarin paraphrase.

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Separate edition · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW · source footers retained.

Bahasa Melayu · 423 rangkap

Terjemahan kajian baharu yang dijana AI, dengan teks Pāli dan Inggeris untuk perbandingan. Kesemua 423 rangkap disertakan. Belum disemak secara bebas oleh pakar bahasa atau Sangha; bukan edisi liturgi yang diluluskan.

New AI-generated Malaysian Malay study translation, with Pāli and English for comparison. Complete numbered-verse coverage does not certify translation accuracy. Verse-specific interpretation notes remain visible.

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Other language editions & related witnesses

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မြန်မာ · Burmese · Pitaka Myanmar Translation

Pāli Dhammapada translation

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සිංහල · Sinhala · A.P. de Zoysa

Pāli Dhammapada translation

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தமிழ் · Tamil · Ven. Nilwakke Somananda Thera

Pāli Dhammapada translation

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ไทย · Thai · Thai Royal Tipiṭaka · Dhammapada

Pāli Dhammapada Thai translation

Verified table of contents lists all 26 Dhammapada chapters in volume25, with separate Thai-script Pāli/Roman Pāli/Thai edition links.

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Bahasa Melayu · Dhammapada · Bahasa Melayu

45-page Malay PDF with all26 chapter headings and last verse423; INCOMPLETE: apparent missing verses128,169,235–247. Verse177 misnumbered117. Do not label complete423.

This source PDF has apparent missing verses 128, 169 and 235–247; verse 177 is misnumbered. It is retained as a reference, not offered as a complete Malay edition.

Open source edition ↗Link-only. Footer credits http://dhamma-bm.tripod.com; no explicit republication/derivative permission identified.

한국어 · Korean · 법구경 · 法句經

Korean translation of Chinese Dharmapada parallel (K1021 / T210)

Do not count this Chinese-recension translation as all423 Pāli Dhammapada verses.

Open source edition ↗Link-only; publisher permission not established.

Sanskrit · Related Sanskrit witnesses

No exact complete Sanskrit version of the Pāli Dhammapada established in this research.

Udānavarga, Patna Dharmapada and Gāndhārī Dharmapada are related distinct witnesses; some supplied modern editions are restricted.

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Which “original”?

This Dhammapada is the Pāli collection of 423 verses. Sanskrit, Gāndhārī and ancient Chinese related collections differ in wording, order and scope. They are valuable witnesses, but they are not automatically interchangeable translations of every Pāli verse.

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