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10. Anuruddha Thera—a ldiead Pali author of Southern India 
in the 12th Century A.D.—By Pror. Satis Cuanpra VioyasHdsaya, 
MAs 
With the rise of Buddhism the Pali language rose ‘to pro- 
minence in the 6th Century B.C. From that time to the close of 
the lst Century B.C., that is, for eae five hundred years, the 
Buddhist books including the well known Tripitakas, which were 
rehearsed in the three famous Buddhist councils, were used to be 
But sine 
written principally in the Pali language. e the rise of 
the yana school of dhism under the auspices of the 
fourth Buddhist Council that was held in Kasm t the 
d the Bud- 
thsi hes have sea been written in the aoakn 
language have been obtained from those places. Are we then to 
Suppose that with the rise of the Mahayana school about the Ist 
Century A.D., the use of the Pali language in the sacred scrip- 
ager was altogether stopped in India P I daresay the answer is 
0, for, even in the 5th Century A.D., when the Mahayana school 
itiained its highest development, India produced peeks eminent 
Pali writers of whom Buddhaghoga! stands as the foremost. In 
the Ceylonese records? we find indications that even up to the year 
1462 A.D. Ceylon used to derive some of its Pali literature from 
India and Buddhist monks were in large numbers sent to Ce _ 
It is not within the scope of this paper to enumerate all the ali 
et that long period. The name of this writer was Anurn 
ha Thera 
iddha was the author of three works in the Pali lan- 
n 
riipa-pariccheda. Besides, he was the author of a did- 
actic Buddhistic poem in classical Sanskrit which is generally 
own under the name of Anuruddha-sgataka.§ 
| Vide Mahavarhsa, chapter XX XVII. 
Mahavarisa, Raj avali, Rajaratnakari, Saddharmilankaéra, commentary 
on the Visnddhima ete. 
eS nag asamgaha, chap, IX, verses 14, 15, London Pali Text 
Society's edition (Vide J.P.T.S., 1890), two "Pali works of Anuruddha haye 
