''Paramatthamañjusā'' is a piece of
Theravada Buddhist subcommentary literature () by
Dhammapāla
Dhammapāla was the name of two or more great Theravada Buddhist commentators.
The earlier, born in Kanchipuram, is known to us from both the '' Gandhavamsa'' and to have lived at Badara Tittha Vihara south of modern Chennai, and to have wri ...
on
Buddhaghosa
Buddhaghosa was a 5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist commentator, translator and philosopher. He worked in the Great Monastery (''Mahāvihāra'') at Anurādhapura, Sri Lanka and saw himself as being part of the Vibhajjavāda school and in t ...
's 5th century work ''
Visuddhimagga
The ''Visuddhimagga'' (Pali; English: ''The Path of Purification''), is the 'great treatise' on Buddhist practice and Theravāda Abhidhamma written by Buddhaghosa approximately in the 5th century in Sri Lanka. It is a manual condensing and syst ...
'' (
English: ''The Path of Purification'').
See also
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Buddhaghosa
Buddhaghosa was a 5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist commentator, translator and philosopher. He worked in the Great Monastery (''Mahāvihāra'') at Anurādhapura, Sri Lanka and saw himself as being part of the Vibhajjavāda school and in t ...
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Dhammapāla
Dhammapāla was the name of two or more great Theravada Buddhist commentators.
The earlier, born in Kanchipuram, is known to us from both the '' Gandhavamsa'' and to have lived at Badara Tittha Vihara south of modern Chennai, and to have wri ...
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Subcommentaries, Theravada
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Visuddhimagga
The ''Visuddhimagga'' (Pali; English: ''The Path of Purification''), is the 'great treatise' on Buddhist practice and Theravāda Abhidhamma written by Buddhaghosa approximately in the 5th century in Sri Lanka. It is a manual condensing and syst ...
Theravada Buddhist texts
Buddhist commentaries
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