Petavatthu
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Translations
- "Stories of the departed", tr Henry S. Gehman, in Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon, volume IV, 1942, Pali Text Society[1], Bristol
- In Peta-Stories, tr U Ba Kyaw & Peter Masefield, 1980, Pali Text Society, Bristol; translation of the commentary, with the verses embedded; the PTS's preferred translation
See also
Notes
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References
- Egge, James. Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism, Routledge (UK), (2002) ISBN 0-7007-1506-1
External links
- Dedication of Merits to our Departed Next-of-Kin
- Petavatthu - List of Stories
- Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism By James R. Egge
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