Pāli Dictionary

petavatthu

petastemvatthustem

Part of speech

noun · neuter


general

  • 關於餓鬼(鬼道)的故事;亦指《餓鬼事》——小部第七部經典之名

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

Encyclopedia

  • 《小部》第七部經典,收錄因惡業而墮入餓鬼道者的諸多故事,法護曾為之作注;摩哂陀抵達阿㝹羅陀補羅當日即為阿㝹羅宣說此經。

  • 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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