avadAna
Avadāna see apadāna.
avadāna , nt. (= Pali apadāna), n. of a part, or parts, of the Buddhist canon (and of other Buddhist works): Mvy 1273 ; colophons of Divy , Av , etc. See also sāvadānam . The word avadāna occurs in Skt. ; its exact mg. is much disputed; see e.g. Speyer, Av Preface p. I ff.