AVADANA

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AVADANA , the name given to a type of Buddhist

romance

ROMANCE

literature represented by a large number of Sanskrit (Nepalese) collections, of which the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef,
head
- HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is
  common
  - COMMON
  to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
- HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
- HEAD, SIR FRANCIS
  BOND
  - BOND
  - BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)
  , BART
, Lat. caput)

are the Avadanasataka (

Century

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a
division
- DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)
of a
hundred
- HUNDRED
men)

of Legends), and the Divyavadana (The Heavenly

Legend

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

). Though of later date than most of the canonical Buddhist books, they are held in veneration by the orthodox, and occupy much the same position with regard to

Buddhism

BUDDHISM

that the Puranas do towards Brahminism.

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