Publisher's Synopsis
"In this text, the Buddha explains that all deeds have their consequences, even for him and even in his life as the Buddha. There is in the University of Pennsylvania Museum Indic and Greater Indic manuscript collection, currently housed together with the Indic manuscript collection of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania, a manuscript of a text in Pali and Sinhalese called the Detiskarma padarthayi. This text proves to be the Pubbakammapiloti of the Apadana of the Khuddaka Nikaya (hence, Pkp), which treats the misdeeds of the Buddha in his former human lives, plus a few extra verses in Pali, a word-for-word translation into Sinhalese, a Sinhalese retelling of the verses, and as well several additonal stories in Sinhalese treating the same topic. The additional stories bring the number of kamma-s treated to seventeen. UP has many misspellings. The Sinhalese retellings, though, prove to be much fuller than the Pali verses. The m
