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Illustrated Jataka : Other Stories of the Buddha by C.B. Varma
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| Anagatavamsa |
The story of Metteya, written by Kassapa, a native of the Chola country modern Tamil Nadu in verse. The Introductory verse , however, states that the story was narrated by the Buddha at the behest of Sariputta.
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| Apadana |
The
thirteenth book of the Khuddakanikaya .
It contains the biographies of several monks and nuns, who lived in the days
of the Buddha. Further, the two introductory chapters of the texts deal with
the Buddha and the Paccheka Buddhas.
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| Apadana Atthakatha |
The
commentary on the above.
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| Buddhavamsa |
The fourteenth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya,
which in turn is one of the volumes of the Sutta Pitaka. It contains the
biographical account of the twenty-five Buddhas; last being Gotama Buddha.
The book also states the names of the Bodhisatta corresponding to a Buddha.
The last chapter deals with the distribution of the relics of Gotama Buddha.
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| Chariya Pitaka |
The
fifteenth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya,
containing the stories of the Buddhas previous births in metrical
form glorifying the ten ‘ paramis
or perfections like charity ( dana )
etc. Each story is called a Chariya. These stories are juxtaposed to the
corresponding Jataka stories.
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| Chariya Pitaka Atthakatha |
the
commentary on the above by Dhammapala.
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| Dhammapada |
The
second book of the Khuddaka Nikaya,
which contains four hundred and twenty-three verses classified into six
heads. It compiles various verses of the canon but there is hardly any verse
culled from the Jataka.
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| Dhammapada Atthakatha |
A
commentary on the above.
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| Digha Nikaya |
The first book of the Sutta-Pitaka, which
contains thirty-four long ( digha ) discourses.
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| Sumangalavilasini |
a
commentary on the Digha Nikaya
written by Buddhaghosa.
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| Dipavamsa |
The
oldest extant Singhales chronicle in Pali.
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| Gandhavamsa |
often
ascribed to Nanda Panna of Burma and deals with the history of the Pali
canons and the post-canonical Pali works written in Burma and Sri
Lanka.
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| Itivuttaka |
The
fourth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya. It
contains one hundred and ten discourses of the Buddha recited by Khujuttara
at Kosambi; and later by Ananda in the Rajagaha council.
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| Jataka |
See
Introduction
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| Jataka Atthakatha |
See
Introduction
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| Khuddakapatha Atthakatha |
a
commentary on the Khuddakapatha, which
is one of the fifteen books of the Khuddaka
Nikaya.
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| Maha Niddesa |
One
of the books of the Khuddaka
Nikaya.
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| Maha Niddesa Atthakatha |
A
commentary on the above.
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| Mahavamsa |
The
Singhales chronicle, which records the history of Buddhism in India and its
advent in Sri Lanka. This chronicle has helped the historians to reconstruct
the ancient history of India, particularly of the Mauryans.
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| Mahavamsa Tika |
A
commentary on the above is also called the Vamsattha-Pakasini.
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| Majjhima Nikaya |
The
second book of the Sutta Pitaka containing one hundred and fifty-two
discourses of middle ( majjhima )
length.
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| Milinda Panha |
One of
the greatest classics of the Pali literature of the first century often
compared with the Platos Phaedo
for its style of ratiocination.
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| Papanchasudani |
The
commentary on the Majjhima Nikaya written by Buddhaghosa.
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| Sasanavamsa |
An
ecclesiastical chronicle of Buddhism written by Pannasami in Myanmar.
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| Sutta Nipata |
One of
the books of the Khuddaka Nikaya
known for its lucid style of the Buddhist moral marked by lyricism.
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| Paramatthajotika |
is the
Sutta Nipata Atthakatha or the commentary ascribed to Buddhaghosa.
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| Theragatha |
The
eighth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya, which
records the expressions of the
monks at the time of the Buddha in
verse
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| Theragatha Atthakatha |
Dhammapala
wrote a commentary on the above book, which is a part of the Paramatthadipani.
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| Therigatha |
The
ninth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya, which
records the expressions of the
nuns with their profound feelings and devotion.
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| Therigatha Atthakatha |
A
commentary on the above.
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| Udana |
The
Udana, technically means the solemn utterances of the Buddha on
special occasions, is relatively a short collection of eighty stories. It is
generally in verse with the tristubha,
jagati
etc. metres. Further, each udana
is accompanied by a prosaic description to explain the contextuality. The
stories of the Udana serves the
model for the composition of the D hammapada
Commentary.
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| Udana Atthakatha |
A
commentary on the Udana .
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| Vimanavatthu |
The
sixth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya .
It gives the description of the celestial abodes belonging to the different
devas.
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| Vimanavatthu Atthakatha |
The
commentary on the Vimanavatthu.
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