Itivṛttaka
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itivṛttaka (P. itivuttaka; T. de lta bu byung ba'i sde / de lta bu byung ba). Literally “thus it has happened.”[1] Translated as "fables," "parables," "ancient narratives," "narratives of former events," etc.[2][3]
Itivṛttaka is a traditional genre of Buddhist literature, where it is categorized as:[2][3]
- one of the nine categories of teachings within the Pali tradition, and
- one of the twelve categories of teachings in the Sanskrit tradition.
Itivṛttaka are stories ancient times that Buddha told. The stories begin with the phrase “thus it has happened.”[1]
See also
- itivuttaka (the section of the Pali canon containing these types of stories)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
དེ་ལྟ་བུ་བྱུང་བ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 de lta bu byung ba'i sde, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. udāna.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
