- The
Petavatthu (lit. 'Ghost Stories') is a
Theravada Buddhist scripture,
included in the
Minor Collection (Khuddaka Nikaya) of the Pali Canon's
Sutta Pitaka...
-
Jataka belong to the
early stratum. The
texts Khuddakapatha, Vimanavatthu,
Petavatthu, Niddesa, Patisambhida, Apadana,
Buddhavamsa and
Cariyapitaka can be categorized...
- the
Chinese and East
Asian adaptations. In
early sources such as the
Petavatthu, they are much more varied. The
descriptions below apply mainly in this...
- 1-18.
Khuddakapatha Dhammapada Udana Itivuttaka Suttanipata Vimanavatthu Petavatthu Theragatha Therigatha Jataka Niddesa Patisambhidamagga Apadana Buddhavamsa...
- older,
deriving from the
Petavatthu, a
scripture in the Pali
Canon that
probably dates to the 3rd century BC. The
Petavatthu account is
broadly similar...
-
Licchavi Sutta, the po****r
Ratana Sutta and the
fourth chapter of the
Petavatthu. The
Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also
spoke of the city of
Vaishali as...
- Nikāya Khuddakapāṭha
Dhammapada Udāna
Itivuttaka Suttanipāta Vimānavatthu
Petavatthu Theragāthā Therīgāthā Apadāna Buddhavaṃsa Cariyāpiṭaka Jātaka Niddesa...
- Vimanavatthu-atthakatha
regarding the Vimanavatthu.
Petavatthu-atthakatha
regarding the
Petavatthu. Theragatha-atthakatha
regarding the Theragatha. Therigatha-atthakatha...
-
older collection of stories.
Narratives based on the
Vimanavatthu and the
Petavatthu, a
similar text, were
expanded into
narratives in the
commentary tradition...
-
accounts in the
Petavatthu, it also
records the
reasons for her
rebirth into the
preta world. The
first reference to the
Petavatthu is in the Mahavamsa's...
