The History of Buddhist Thought c16.32

c16.32

¹ Although this is a commentary on the Suttanipāta, there is no reference to attavāda in the Suttanipāta itself. The phrase attam pahāya (800) is being commented on. This means “ having rejected what has been seized ”, and so it is understood by the commentary Paramatthajotika, where attam (āptam) = gahītam. The Niddesa is against both sense and grammar, but it is evidence for the existence of the doctrine in its own period.