concept

Gāthā

Words

A verse form in Indic sacred and epic speech. Not sutra as the prose thread alone, and not hymn.

Also known as Gatha

Buddhist traditions

  • Gāthā appears in Buddhist traditions.

    The Lotus Sūtra sets teaching in prose and gāthā verses. A named Indic verse-form inside that sūtra, not the sūtra as the whole scripture-thread and not hymn.

    from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)

    Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.