The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (296 page)

Authors: John Bowker

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Avad

na-

ataka

(Skt. ‘the 100 Avad

nas’). An ancient collection of tales or moral stories from the
Therav

da
Buddhist tradition, dating to 1st or 2nd cents. BCE.

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Avadh

t-G

(‘Song of an Illumined One’). A Hindu work of 193 verses composed by Mah

Dattatraya. The
Avadh

t-G

is a compressed summary of the way in which the
Upani

ads
were moving in the direction of
Advaita
Ved

nta.

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