Aṭṭhakathā (Pali for explanation, commentary) refers to Pali-language Theravadin Buddhist commentaries to the canonical Theravadin Tipitaka. These commentaries...

Itivuttaka-Atthakatha 2.73, Ekanipata-Atthakatha 1.63, Patisambhidamagga-Atthakatha 1.167, Sammohavinodani-Atthakatha 119, Nettippakarana-Atthakatha Mya:112...

Kingdom. It was written based on prior ancient compilations known as the Atthakatha, which were commentaries written in Sinhala.[page needed] An earlier document...

German philosopher Wilhelm Geiger, the chronicles are based on Sinhala Atthakatha (commentary). The oldest surviving prose work is the Dhampiya-Atuva-Getapadaya...

One of the famous Atthakatha, Uttaravihara Atthakatha and Uttaravihara Mahavamsa were written here. The credit for its Atthakatha writing is given to...

According to (Nanamoli & Bodhi 2001, p. 1341 n. 1206) the Majjhima Nikaya Atthakatha states that "there are in fact four Yamas, one at each of four gates (of...

and attributed to him. Below is a listing of the fourteen commentaries (Aṭṭhakathā) on the Pāli Canon traditionally ascribed to Buddhaghosa While traditional...

Kingdom. It was written based on prior ancient compilations known as the Atthakatha (sometimes Sinhalaatthakatha), which were commentaries written in Sinhala...

capital was located at Shravasti. The later Buddhist commentary Dhammapada-atthakatha states that the Saketa town was established by merchant Dhananjaya (the...

founding of the Hariphunchai kingdom by Queen Camadevi. The Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā mentions the hastilinga. Buddhaghoṣa mentions it as an animal which possesses...

Jataka i.73 and Dhammapada-Atthakatha i.84. Bodhi (2005) also mentions Acariya Dhammapala's treatise in the Cariyapitaka-Atthakatha and the Brahmajala Sutta...

Jataka i.73 and Dhammapada Atthakatha i.84. Bodhi (2005) also mentions Acariya Dhammapala's treatise in the Cariyapitaka-Atthakatha and the Brahmajala Sutta...

following sources: the Abhidhammic Vibh 208-14; and, the post-canonical Vibh.-atthakatha (Sammohavinodani) 289-96, and Vism 679. At times the Visuddhimagga speaks...

century), systematized the traditional Sri Lankan commentary literature (Atthakatha). Although Mahāyāna Buddhism gained some influence in Sri Lanka as it...

"prove" religious "realities". Gethin cites: Dhammapada-atthakathā ii. 163; Vibhaṇga-atthakatha 433. Rahula cites: Majjhima-nikāya II (PTS), p. 121 Gethin...

historical record of Sri Lanka. The chronicle is believed to be compiled from Atthakatha and other sources around the 3rd to 4th century CE. Together with the...

monastic community. His translation of the commentary, the Dhammapada Atthakatha, presents the details of these events and is a rich source of legend for...

Thera". Translation in Woodward, F.L., 1940, 1952, 1959, 'Theragāthā-aṭṭhakathā: the commentary of Dhammapālācariya', 3 volumes, Pali Text Society London...

Extra-canonical texts can be divided into several categories: Commentaries (Atthakatha) which record additional details and explanations regarding the contents...

additional details about the legend; for example, the Maha-Bodhi-Vamsa and the Atthakatha give the names of the nine Nanda kings said to have preceded Chandragupta...

Nyanaponika & Bodhi (1999, pp. 301-2, n. 31) reference the Aṅguttara Aṭṭhakathā (AN commentary). Direct quotes from the Visuddhimagga are from Buddhaghosa...

tantras, which have few parallels in the Pali Canon. Access to Insight Atthakatha, Pali commentaries on the Pali Canon Aṭṭhakavagga and Pārāyanavagga Bhikkhu...

Kunika "Sore Finger". Later he was named Asokacanda. In the Buddhist Atthakatha, the above story is almost the same, except that Kosaladevi desired to...

dhammā are also mentioned in Dhammapada-Aṭṭhakathā (DhA i.230), Suttanipāta-Aṭṭhakathā (SnA 164), and Jātaka-Aṭṭhakathā (J i.275, iii.290, and v.483). Basic...

According to Theravada tradition, the Abhidhamma Pitaka, and the ancient Atthakathā (commentary) were also included at the first Buddhist council in the Sutta...

works were written as either large treatises (śāstra), as commentaries (aṭṭhakathā), or as smaller introductory manuals. They are more developed philosophical...

about a bird singing to a Buddha is found in the Theragāthā commentary (aṭṭhakathā), this time, the past Buddha Krakucchanda is featured. Similarly, when...

Commentary on the Vimāna stories (Paramattha-dīpanī nāma Vimānavatthu-aṭṭhakathā). Translated by Masefield, Peter; Jayawickrama, N.A. (1 ed.). Oxford:...

works were written as either large treatises (śāstra), as commentaries (aṭṭhakathā) or as smaller introductory manuals. They are more developed philosophical...

Buddhists also developed a series of scriptural commentaries (called the Atthakatha). The Theravāda tradition holds that a tradition of Indian commentaries...