Petavatthu
TextThe seventh book of the Khuddakanikāya, a collection of stories of those reborn as hungry ghosts for their misdeeds, on which Dhammapāla wrote a commentary; Mahinda taught it to Anulā on the day of his arrival 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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