Theragatha
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The Theragāthā (Verses of the Elder Monks) is a Buddhist text, a collection of short poems in Pali attributed to members of the early Buddhist sangha. It is classified as part of the Khuddaka Nikaya, the collection of minor books in the Sutta Pitaka. A similar text, the Therigatha, contains verses attributed to early Buddhist nuns.
Key facts
- Pali text.title
- Theragāthā
- Pali text.type
- Canonical text
- Pali text.parent
- Khuddaka Nikāya
- Pali text.comment_by
- Paramatthadīpanī (Theragāthā-aṭṭhakathā)
- Pali text.abbrev
- Thag; Th
- Pali text.comment_author
- Dhammapāla
- Pali text.attribution
- 264 theras; Bhāṇaka
- Pali text.sc
- pitaka/sutta/minor/kn/thag
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The Theragāthā (Verses of the Elder Monks) is a Buddhist text, a collection of short poems in Pali attributed to members of the early Buddhist sangha. It is classified as part of the Khuddaka Nikaya, the collection of minor books in the Sutta Pitaka. A similar text, the Therigatha, contains verses attributed to early Buddhist nuns.
== Etymology == Theragatha is a Pali word, constructed from the words thera (elder, masculine) and gāthā (verse).
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