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Avadānaśataka

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This is an Avadāna text, a collection of hundred stories related to the Buddha, future Buddhahood, stories about pretas, pious persons, Arhats, and how good deeds and bad deeds affect lives. The text has ten main sections, and each section contains ten stories. Scholars believe that this text belongs to Theravāda Buddhism, while some believe it belongs to the Sarvāstivāda school of Buddhism. (Vaidya, 1958, pp. X-XI introduction).

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