The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (296 page)

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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.
Avadh
t-G
t
(‘Song of an Illumined One’). A Hindu work of 193 verses composed by Mah
tm
Dattatraya. The
Avadh
t-G
t
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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