Pāli Dictionary

theragāthā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

doctrine

  • Theragāthā; the eighth book of the Khuddaka Nikāya in the Pāli Canon, a collection of verses composed by early elder monks.

general

  • a verse of an elder; a verse from the Theragāthā.

Encyclopedia

Theragāthā
Text

  • The eighth book of the Khuddakanikāya, a collection of verses attributed mostly to elders of the Buddha’s own lifetime, recounting their life stories and expressing the joy of liberation, later translated as Psalms of the Brethren.

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