The Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon Part IV [Volume 4] ; Vimanavatthu (Stories of the Mansions) and Petavatthu (Stories of the Departed)

tr. I.B. Horner

ISBN 10: 0860130738 / ISBN 13: 9780860130734

Published by Oxford, The Pali Text Society, 1993

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310 pages. Vol. 4: Vimanavatthu (Stories of the Mansions) and Petavatthu (Stories of the Departed). The sixth and seventh books of the Khuddaka-nikaya of the Sutta-pitaka. The Vimanavatthu text consists of 83 stories describing the former meritorious actions that have led to individuals being reborn as gods enjoying life in celestial mansions (vimana). The Petavatthu consists of 51 stories about departed ones (peta) who suffer because of bad action in former lives. Alternative translations (with the commen- taries): Vimana Stories, Peta Stories.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon Part IV [Volume 4] ; Vimanavatthu (Stories of the Mansions) and Petavatthu (Stories of the Departed)
• Publisher: Oxford, The Pali Text Society
• Publication Date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0860130738
• ISBN 13: 9780860130734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Buddhism
  • Pali

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310 pages. Vol. 4: Vimanavatthu (Stories of the Mansions) and Petavatthu (Stories of the Departed). The sixth and seventh books of the Khuddaka-nikaya of the Sutta-pitaka. The Vimanavatthu text consists of 83 stories describing the former meritorious actions that have led to individuals being reborn as gods enjoying life in celestial mansions (vimana). The Petavatthu consists of 51 stories about departed ones (peta) who suffer because of bad action in former lives. Alternative translations (with the commen- taries): Vimana Stories, Peta Stories.