gāthā

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gāthā

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Gāthā (“verse”), works in poetic form.Udāna (“inspired utterance”), special sayings of the Buddha in prose or verse (also the name of a work in the Pāli Khuddaka Nikāya [“Short Collection”]).Itivuttaka (“thus it is said”), sayings of the Buddha introduced by these words; many…
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Gāthā (“verse”), works in poetic form.Udāna (“inspired utterance”), special sayings of the Buddha in prose or verse (also the name of a work in the Pāli Khuddaka Nikāya [“Short Collection”]).Itivuttaka (“thus it is said”), sayings of the Buddha introduced by these words; many…
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