27 Buddhas before the historical Buddha

(Buddha's Wisdom) 27 samma-sam-buddhas before the historical Buddha Siddhartha Gautama

• Buddhahood: List of 27 previous Supremely Awakened Buddhas

The Khuddaka Nikaya, or "Collection of Little Texts" (Pali khudda = "smaller," "lesser"), the fifth division of the Sutta Pitaka ("Discourse Collection"), is a wide-ranging collection of 15 books (18 in the Burmese Tipitaka), containing complete sutras, verses, and smaller fragments of Dhamma (Teachings). While many of these have been treasured and memorized by devoted Buddhists around the world for centuries, others have never left the private domain of Pali language scholars; some have yet to be translated into English. More: accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka

14. Buddhavamsa — "History of the Buddhas": Biographical accounts of Gotama (Gautama) Buddha and of the 24 [of 27 he mentioned] supremely awakened buddhas who preceded him. Availability of English translations: Print: Minor Anthologies (Vol. III) — Buddhavamsa: Chronicles of Buddhas and Cariyapitaka: "Basket of Conduct," I.B. Horner (trans., Oxford: Pali Text Society, 1975). On-line: None known.