The Theragatha, the eighth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya, consists of 264 poems.
The Theragatha, the eighth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya, consists of 264 poems — 1,291 stanzas in all — in which the early monks (bhikkhus) recount their struggles and accomplishments along the road to arahantship. This Book is translated in Bengali by Prajnalok Thero and Published by Nirbankami.