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Buddhaghosha's writing the Commentaries is given in the 

 following gathas : — 



" Sambuddha parinibbana, nava vassa sat^suca 

 Cha pannasatikkant£su Mahanamo naradhipo 

 Dhammena dasa vidheneva Lanka rajjarii akaraye" 

 Buddhaghoshoti ghoshohi Buddho viya Mahitale* 

 Lanka di'pamhi agamma Lanka dipam hitavahi 

 Ganthakare vasantoso vihare di'ira sankare" 

 Parivattesi sabbapi sihalattha katha tada." 

 The date here given, A.B. 956 (A.D. 413), is not, as I 

 think, the date of Mahanama's accession to the throne, 

 but that of Buddhaghosha's commencing the great work of 

 translating the atuvas into Pali. 



(2.) The Kkuddaka Nikayi is numerically specified as 

 one of the " all" — In the same work Buddhaghosha's works 

 are thus enumerated :— - 



" Suttantan patavatth&ya sasanassaca vuddhiya 

 Magadhaya samaraddha suttantattha katha vasa 

 Catu nikayattha katha sabbaso parinitthita. 

 Sa asiti sahassehi ganthehi parimanato 

 Khuddaka nikayattha katha sabbaso parinitthita 

 Sattati sata sahassehi ganthehi parimanato." 

 Here we are told that the Khuddaka Nikayatthakatha, 

 containing seven millions of granthas, each grantha being 

 equal to thirty-two syllabic instants, were fully composed 

 by Buddhaghosha. 



(3.) It includes the Jdtaka.— Fifteen works, including 

 the Jatakattha Katha are mentioned as forming the 

 Khuddaka Nikayatthakatha, namely : — (1) Khuddaka 

 Atuva, (2) Saddhamma Jotika Atuva, (3) Udana Atuva, 

 (4) Itivuttaka Atuva, (5) Sutta Nipata Atuva, (6) 

 Vimana Vatthu Atuva, (7) Peta Vatthu Atuva, (8) There 

 Gatha Atuva, (9) Theri Gatha Atuva, (10)' Jataka Atuva, 

 (11) Ni'dd<§sa Atuva, (12) Pa'tisambhida Atuva, (13) 

 Apadana Atuva, (14) Buddha Vamsa Atuva, and (15) 

 Nettipavurunu Atuva. 



The Nidana Katha, or introduction to the Pali Jatakattha- 

 katha, begins with the following adoration : — 



" Jati koti sahassehi pamana rahitam hitam 

 Lokassa loka nathdna katam yena mahesina." 



