''Paramatthamañjusā'' is a piece of
Theravada
''Theravāda'' (; 'School of the Elders'; ) is Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed ''Theravādins'' (anglicized from Pali ''theravādī''), have preserved their version of the Buddha's teaching or ''Dharma (Buddhi ...
Buddhist
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
subcommentary literature () by
Dhammapāla
Dhammapāla was the name of two or more great Theravada Buddhism, 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 ...
on
Buddhaghosa
Buddhaghosa was a 5th-century Sinhalese Theravādin Buddhist commentator, translator, and philosopher. He worked in the great monastery (''mahāvihāra'') at Anurādhapura, Sri Lanka and saw himself as being part of the Vibhajyavāda schoo ...
's 5th century work ''
Visuddhimagga
The ''Visuddhimagga'' (Pali; English: ''The Path of Purification''; ), is the 'great treatise' on Buddhism, Buddhist practice and Theravāda Abhidhamma written by Buddhaghosa approximately in the 5th century in Sri Lanka. It is a manual condens ...
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English: ''The Path of Purification'').
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Buddhaghosa
Buddhaghosa was a 5th-century Sinhalese Theravādin Buddhist commentator, translator, and philosopher. He worked in the great monastery (''mahāvihāra'') at Anurādhapura, Sri Lanka and saw himself as being part of the Vibhajyavāda schoo ...
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Dhammapāla
Dhammapāla was the name of two or more great Theravada Buddhism, 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 ...
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Subcommentaries, Theravada
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Visuddhimagga
The ''Visuddhimagga'' (Pali; English: ''The Path of Purification''; ), is the 'great treatise' on Buddhism, Buddhist practice and Theravāda Abhidhamma written by Buddhaghosa approximately in the 5th century in Sri Lanka. It is a manual condens ...
Theravada Buddhist texts
Buddhist commentaries
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