Dhammapāla
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Dhammapāla was the name of two or more[citation needed] great Theravada Buddhist commentators.
The earlier, born in
Maha Vihara) at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, and the works themselves confirm this in every respect.[1]
Another writer, probably also called Dhammapala, since he was supposed by the 12th century to be the same, though scholars do not accept this, wrote subcommentaries on the commentaries on the Digha, Majjhima and Samyutta Nikayas.[citation needed]
A third Dhammapala wrote abhidhamma.[citation needed]
Sources
- Edmund Hardy in Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft (1898), pp. 97 foll.
- Netti-ppakaranam: The guide, according to Kaccana Thera (ed. E. Hardy, London, Pali Text Society, 1902, ASIN B0000CLJ95), especially the Introduction, passim
- Theri Gatha Commentary, Peta Vatthu Commentary, and Vimna Vutthu Commentary, all three published by the Pali Text Society.
- K.R. Norman, Pali Literature, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1983
- Oskar von Hinüber, Handbook of Pali Literature, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1996
References
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dhammapāla". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 141–142.
