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cognate: Apadna)[1] is the Buddhism
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Amongst the most popular avadnas of Northern Hinayna Buddhism are:
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the story of Sudhana, preserved in the Mahvastu under the title Kinnar
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jtaka, amongst others, who falls in love with a kinnar and saves her life.
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the Vessantara Jtaka, the story of the compassionate prince who gives
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displaying the virtue of perfect charity.
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Though of later date than most of the canonical Buddhist
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books, avadnas are held in veneration by the orthodox, and occupy much


the same position with regard to Buddhism that the Puranas do
towards Hinduism. They act in a similar way to other texts describing past
deeds or past lives held in other traditions in the region, such as the
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aforementioned Puranas, the Dasam Granth and Janamsakhis of Sikhism,
and the Kalpa Stra of Jainism.

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 1. ^ While avadna (Sanskrit) and apadna (Pali) are cognates, the former
refers to a broad literature, including both canonical and non-canonical
material from multiple Buddhist schools, while the latter refers explicitly to a
late addition to Theravada Buddhism's Pli Canon's Khuddaka Nikaya.
2. ^ "Avadna" (2008).
3. ^ Padmanabh S. Jaini, "The Story of Sudhana and Manohar: An Analysis of
the Texts and the Borobudur Reliefs", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London, Vol. 29, No. 3 (1966), pp. 533-558.

Sources [ edit ]

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Avadna". Encyclopdia

Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 51.
"Avadna." (2008). In Encyclopdia Britannica. Retrieved August 20,
2008, from Encyclopdia Britannica
Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/45339/Avadana

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