A Pāḷi poem of two hundred and fifty verses, containing a history of the Buddha’s life.

Its authorship is uncertain; some attribute it to Buddhadatta, author of the Madhuratthavilāsinī, others to Buddharakkhita.

A Subcommentary (ṭīkā) on it exists. Gv.69, 72; see P.L.C.110 f.