Itivuttaka
| Itivuttaka As it was said | |
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| Type | Canonical text |
| Parent | Khuddaka Nikāya |
| Attribution | Khujjuttarā; Bhāṇaka |
| Commentary | Paramatthadīpanī (Itivuttaka-aṭṭhakathā) |
| Commentator | Dhammapāla |
| Abbreviation | Iti; Itv |
| Pāli Canon |
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| Theravāda Buddhism |
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The Itivuttaka (Pāli: "as it was said") is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pāli Canon of Theravāda Buddhism and is attributed to Khujjuttarā's recollection of Buddha's discourses. It is included there in the Sutta Piṭaka's Khuddaka Nikāya. It comprises 112 short teachings ascribed in the text to the Buddha, each consisting of a prose portion followed by a verse portion. The latter may be a paraphrase of the former, or complementary. Some scholars consider it one of the earliest of all Buddhist scriptures, while others consider it somewhat later.