atthakatha (Commentaries on the Pali Buddhist canon that provide much information on the society

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• atthakatha — Commentaries on the Pali Buddhist canon from ancient India and Ceylon. Pali commentaries had reached Ceylon by the 3rd century BC and been translated into Sinhalese by the 1st century AD. The scholar Buddhaghosa (5th century) reworked in Pali… …   Universalium

• Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …   Universalium

• Buddhaghosa — Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa was a 5th century [Harv|v. Hinüber|1996|p=103 is more specific, estimating dates for Buddhaghosa of 370–450 CE based on the Mahavamsa and other sources. Following the Mahavamsa, Harv|Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli|1999|p=xxvi places… …   Wikipedia