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TheItivuttaka (Pali for "as it was said") is aBuddhist scripture, part of thePali Canon ofTheravada Buddhism and is attributed toKhujjuttara's recollection of Buddha's discourses.[1][2] It is included there in theSutta Pitaka'sKhuddaka Nikaya. It comprises 112 short teachings ascribed in the text to theBuddha, each consisting of a prose portion followed by a verse portion. The latter may be a paraphrase of the former, or complementary. Some scholars[3] consider it one of the earliest of all Buddhist scriptures, while others consider it somewhat later. Latest translation by Samanera Mahinda has been published in 2018.