 Uppalavanna is mentioned in several early Buddhist texts of the Pali Canon, including the "Saṃyutta Nikāya", "Aṅguttara Nikāya," and the "Therīgāthā" and "Apadāna" collections within the "Khuddaka Nikaya" as well as some early Mahayana texts such as the "Perfection of Wisdom in Eighty-thousand Lines" and "Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom.