Vacissara, Vācissara: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Vacissara. A Singhalese monk who wrote Commentaries to Buddhadattas works:
the Abhidhammavatara the Vinaya Vinicchaya the Uttara Vinicchaya the KhemappakaranaHe probably belonged to the twelfth century, and was also the author of the Ruparupa Vibhanga and the Simalankara (q.v.). P.L.C.108f., 156, 174, 202; also Gv.62, 71.
2. Vacissara. A monk of Ceylon, pupil of Sariputta.
Numerous works are assigned to him, among them commentaries on the various books of grammar:
the Sambandhacinta tika, the Subodhalankara tika the Vuttodayavivarana.He also wrote the Sumangalapasadani on the Khuddasikkha and a commentary on the Moggallanavyakarana (P.L.C. 204).
He seems also to have written the Pali Thupavamsa and several books in Singhalese. P.L.C.217; also Gv.62, 71.
3. Vacissara Thera. Probably identical with (2) above.
He was at the head of the Sangha in the reign of Vijayabahu III., and had hidden the Alms bowl and Tooth relic of the Buddha in Kotthumala, in order to preserve them. After that, he went to South India for protection. Later, he was sent for by Vijayabahu, whom he helped in the reformation of the Sangha. Cv.lxxxi.18ff.
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).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Paccayasangaha, Yogavinicchaya, Linatthadipani, Sumangalappasadani, Namarupasamasa, Namarupaparjecheda, Simalankarasangaha, Vinayavinicchaya, Thupavamsa, Saccasankhepa, Kotthumala, Balavatara, Uttaravinicchaya, Khemappakarana, Abhidhammavatara.
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