Petavatthu
TextDas siebte Buch des Khuddakanikāya, eine Sammlung von Geschichten über jene, die wegen ihrer Missetaten als hungrige Geister wiedergeboren wurden, zu dem Dhammapāla einen Kommentar schrieb; Mahinda lehrte es Anulā am Tag seiner Ankunft in Anurādhapura.
The seventh book of the Khuddakanikāya.
It consists of stories of persons born in the realm of hungry ghosts (peta) owing to various misdeeds.
Dhammapāla wrote on it a Commentary, called the Petavatthu-vaṇṇanā, or Petavatthu Aṭṭhakathā, and forming a part of the Vimalavīlāsiṇī (GV.60).
Mahinda taught the Petavatthu to Anulā and her companions on the day of his entry into Anurādhapura. Mhv.xiv.58.
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