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Khuddaka Nikaya

Petavatthu

Verses about departed beings and the consequences of actions.

Complete English translation: Stories of Ghosts (external full-text source; not hosted here) — complete online English collection.

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Pv 1–25 — expand (25 texts)
Pv 26–50 — expand (25 texts)
Pv 51–75 — expand (1 texts)
Full existing index and collection notes
IDTitleCC0/PD editions
Pv 11. The Simile of the Field1
Pv 2Sūkaramukha Sutta: Pig’s Mouth0
Pv 3Pūtimukha Sutta: Stinky Mouth0
Pv 4Piṭṭhadhītalika Sutta: Advice to a Daughter0
Pv 5Tirokuḍḍha Sutta: Outside the Walls0
Pv 6Pañcaputtakhādaka Sutta: Eater of Five Sons0
Pv 7Sattaputtakhādaka Sutta: Eater of Seven Sons0
Pv 8Goṇa Sutta: The Ox0
Pv 9Mahāpesakāra Sutta: Master Weaver0
Pv 10Khallāṭiya Sutta: Dressed in Hair0
Pv 11Nāga Sutta: The Elephant0
Pv 12Uraga Sutta: The Snake0
Pv 13Saṃsāramocaka Sutta: Sāriputta Bhante Helps a Ghost0
Pv 14Sāriputtatherassa Mātu Sutta: Sāriputta Bhante’s Mother0
Pv 15Mattā Sutta: The Ghost Mattā0
Pv 16Nandā Sutta: The Ghost Nandā0
Pv 17Maṭṭakuṇḍalī Sutta: Maṭṭakuṇḍalī0
Pv 18Kaṇha Sutta: King Kanha0
Pv 19Dhanapāla Sutta: Wealthy Dhanapāla0
Pv 20Cullaseṭṭhi Sutta: The Ghost Chullaseṭṭi0
Pv 21Aṅkura Sutta: The Merchant Aṅkura0
Pv 22Uttaramātu Sutta: Uttara’s Mother0
Pv 23Sutta Sutta: The Thread Offering0
Pv 24Kaṇṇamuṇḍa Sutta: The Dog with the Torn Ears0
Pv 25Ubbarī Sutta: The Queen Ubbarī0
Pv 26Abhijjamāna Sutta: Without Rippling0
Pv 27Sānuvāsī Sutta: The Monk from Mount Sanuvasi0
Pv 28Rathakāra Sutta: The Ghost of Rathakara Lake0
Pv 29Bhusa Sutta: The Hay Ghost0
Pv 30Kumāra Sutta: The Abandoned Baby0
Pv 31Seraṇī Sutta: The Ghost Serini0
Pv 32Migaluddaka Sutta: The Deer-Hunter0
Pv 33Dutiya Migaluddaka Sutta: A Second Deer Hunter0
Pv 34Kūṭavinicchayika Sutta: The Back Biter0
Pv 35Dhātuvivaṇṇaka Sutta: Insulting the Relics Puja0
Pv 36Ambasakkhara Sutta: King Ambasakkhara0
Pv 37Serissaka Sutta: The God Serissaka0
Pv 38Nandaka Sutta: The Ghost Nandaka0
Pv 39Revatī Sutta: The Ghost Revati0
Pv 40Ucchu Sutta: Sugar Cane Ghost0
Pv 41Kumāra Sutta: The Ghost Princes0
Pv 42Rājaputta Sutta: The Son of a King0
Pv 43Gūthakhādaka Sutta: Excrement Eating Male Ghost0
Pv 44Gūthakhādaka Petī Sutta: Excrement Eating Female Ghost0
Pv 45Gaṇa Sutta: Large Group of Ghosts0
Pv 46Pāṭalīputta Sutta: The Woman from Pataliputta0
Pv 47Ambarukkha Sutta: The Mango Ghost0
Pv 48Pokkharaṇī Sutta: The Axle0
Pv 49Bhogasaṃharaṇa Sutta: Accumulation of Wealth0
Pv 50Seṭṭhiputta Sutta: Wealthy Sons of Wealthy Merchants0
Pv 51Saṭṭhikūṭasahassa Sutta: Hit by Sixty Thousand Hammers0