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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA Pali Dictionary written in the twelfth century by Moggallana Thera of Ceylon, following the style and the method of the Sanskrit Amarakosa.
It is in three parts, dealing with celestial, terrestrial and miscellaneous objects, and each part is sub divided into several sections, which are not all mutually exclusive. The whole book is a dictionary of synonyms, all the names given to one particular thing being grouped together and put into verse for the purpose of memorisation.
A Samvannana was written by a Burmese Officer of State under King Kittisihasura (A.D. 1351), and there exists a Burmese translation of the eighteenth century. In Ceylon itself a sanna (paraphrase) and a tika have been written, the sanna being the older and by far the more valuable work. Gv.62, 63; Svd.v.1253; Sad.65; see also P.L.C. 187-9; Bode, op. cit., 67.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Full-text: Pakashasana, Danu, Kittisihasura, Mandara, Sashakya, Moggallana.
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