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a story about the peta (hungry-ghost) realm; also the title of the Petavatthu, Book 7 of the Khuddaka Nikāya
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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.
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