Pāli Dictionary

petavatthu

petastemvatthustem

Part of speech

noun · neuter


general

  • 关于饿鬼(鬼道)的故事;亦指《饿鬼事》——小部第七部经典之名

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

Encyclopedia

  • 《小部》第七部经典,收录因恶业而堕入饿鬼道者的诸多故事,法护曾为之作注;摩哂陀抵达阿㝹罗陀补罗当日即为阿㝹罗宣说此经。

  • The 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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