Philosophy:Anuṭīkā
Anuṭīkā (Pali: Anuṭīkā; lit. "Sub-sub-commentaries") are scholastic treatises composed by learned monks to further clarify or elaborate upon the existing ṭīkā (sub-commentaries).[1][2][3][4] These texts are regarded as the fourth tier of canonical exegesis, following the Tipiṭaka (Pāli Canon), Aṭṭhakathā (commentaries), and Ṭīkā (sub-commentaries).[5] In some cases, the term Abhinava-ṭīkā (lit. “new sub-commentary”) is used interchangeably to denote these works.[1]
Anuṭīkās are divided into three categories, corresponding to the three divisions of the Tipiṭaka:[5][6]
- Anuṭīkās on the Vinaya Piṭaka
- Anuṭīkās on the Sutta Piṭaka
- Anuṭīkās on the Abhidhamma Piṭaka
Sub-sub-commentaries (anuṭīkā) are sometimes generally classified as part of the ṭīkā category. In the context of Abhidhamma Pitaka, the initial ṭīkā is referred to as a mūlaṭīkā (root subcommentary), which is then further elucidated by an anuṭīkā.[7] For example, the Dhammasaṅgaṇī-mūlaṭīkā comments on the Dhammasaṅgaṇī-aṭṭhakathā (the Atthasālinī), and it is in turn further commented on by the Dhammasaṅgaṇī-anuṭīkā.
The authors of these texts are specifically known as the Anuṭīk-ācariya (lit. sub-sub-commentary teachers).[2] This collective title denotes their status as refined Pāli scholars who played a critical role in elucidating the complex meanings of the preceding commentaries and sub-commentaries through a systematic and linguistic approach.
Anuṭīkās on the Vinaya Piṭaka
- Vinayalakkha-ṭīkā, by the Elder Munindaghosa, composed in Burma
- Khuddakasikkhā-ṭīkā (also known as Sumaṅgalapasādanī-ṭīkā), by the Elder Saṅgharakkhita, composed in Vijayapura
- Mūlasikkhā-ṭīkā (also known as Vimaticchedanī-ṭīkā), by the Elder Samantaguṇasāgara, composed in Vijayapura[8]
Anuṭīkās on the Sutta Piṭaka
- Ekakanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by the Sri Lankan Elder Sāriputta Thera
- Dukanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Tikanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Catukkanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Pañcakanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Chakkanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Sattakanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Aṭṭhakanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Navakanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Dasakanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Ekādasakanipāta Aṅguttara-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sāriputta Thera
- Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by the Elder Varasambodhi
- Peṭakālaṅkāra-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Saṅgharāja Ñāṇavaṃsa Dhammaseṇāpati[8]
Anuṭīkās on the Abhidhamma Piṭaka
- Līnatthapakāsinī (Anuṭīkā on the Dhammasaṅgaṇī), by the Elder Ānanda Thera, composed in Sri Lanka
- Līnatthapakāsinī (Anuṭīkā on the Vibhaṅga), by Ānanda Thera, composed in Sri Lanka
- Līnatthapakāsinī (Anuṭīkā on the Dhātukathā), by Ānanda Thera, composed in Sri Lanka
- Līnatthapakāsinī (Anuṭīkā on the Puggalapaññatti), by Ānanda Thera, composed in Sri Lanka
- Līnatthapakāsinī (Anuṭīkā on the Yamaka), by Ānanda Thera, composed in Sri Lanka
- Līnatthapakāsinī (Anuṭīkā on the Paṭṭhāna), by Ānanda Thera, composed in Sri Lanka
- Abhidhammatthavibhāvinī-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by the Elder Sumangala Thera, composed in Sri Lanka
- Abhidhammāvatāra-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), by Sumangala Thera, composed in Sri Lanka
- Paramatthavinicchaya-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), anonymous
- Nāmarūpapariccheda-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), anonymous
- Saccasaṅkhepa-ṭīkā (Abhinava-ṭīkā), also called Sāratthasālinī-ṭīkā, anonymous
- Paramatthamañjusā (Anuṭīkā on the Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha), anonymous
- Maṇisāramañjusā (Anuṭīkā on the Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha), anonymous[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Faculty 2016, p. 76 (๗๖).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Faculty 2016, p. 80 (๘๐).
- ↑ Somdet Phra Buddhaghosacharya (P. A. Payutto) 2021, p. 357.
- ↑ พระมหาอดิศร ถิรสีโล 2000.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Faculty 2016, p. 82 (๘๒).
- ↑ Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Faculty 2016, p. 86 (๘๖).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Faculty 2016, p. 88 (๘๘).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Faculty 2016, p. 87 (๘๗).
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