UCC ID: UCCIK-418132

NCC ID: UCCIK-14.19b.2

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Name Of The Author: बुद्धघोष (Buddhaghoṣa)

Total Manuscripts: 1

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Details Of The Text: 5th Cent.; born in a village near Buddhagaya; mastered the Vedas and other branches of knowledge; was defeated by Revata, a Buddhist monk; while dwelling with Revata, he is said to have written Nāṇodaya (in Pāli) (See Cullavagga xxxvii. 225) and the Atthasālinī and began to write Parittaṭṭhakathā, a concise C. on the Tripiṭakas. He is said to have visited Ceylon, studied Sinihalese commentaries on the Tripiṭakas at the Mahāvihāra under  Saṅghapāla. Some do not subscribe to this view. See Louis Finot, La legende de Buddhaghoṣa, Paris, 1921, pp. 101 ̶ 19. He then wrote the C. s on the Tripiṭakas. See Dict. of Pāli Proper names II. pp. 306 ̶ 7; Wint., HIL. II. pp. 192ff; B. C. Law, His. of Pāli Lit. II. pp. 388 ̶ 9, 399 ̶ 481 and Life and work of Buddhaghoṣa, Cal. Ori. Ser. 9.

Details Of The Author: His commentaries on the different sections of the Tripiṭaka texts are called differently.