The thirteenth division of the Khuddaka Nikáya. It is a Buddhist
Vitae Sanctorum and contains 547 biographies of monks and forty
biographies of nuns, all mentioned as having lived in the time
of the Buddha. The Cy. gives details of eleven more theras not
found in the text: Yasa, Nadíkassapa, Gayákassapa, Kimbila,
Vajjiputta, Uttara, Apara-Uttara, Bhaddaji, Sivika, Upavána and
Ralthapála. In addition to these, there are two introductory
chapters, the Buddhá-padána and the Paccekabuddhá-padána,
dealing with the Buddha and the Pacceka Buddhas respectively. It
is worth noting that the Buddhá-padána contains no account of
the Buddha's life, either as Gotama or earlier, as Bodhisatta
(see, however, Pubbakammapiloti). Nor does the Paccekabuddhá-
padána contain any life-histories. The stanzas are what might be
more appropriately described as udána, and appear in the
Khaggavisána Sutta of the Sutta Nipáta. Cp. the Mahápadána Sutta
(D.ii.1ff), where the word Apadána is used as meaning the legend
or life-story of a Buddh