Author of the Saddhammopāyana, also called Abhayagiri-Kavicakravarti Ānanda and probably belonging to the same period as Ānanda (13). His friend and companion, for whom his book was written, was Buddhasoma. An Ānanda, probably a later writer, is also the author of a Sinhalese Commentary on the Saddhammopāyana. P.L.C.212.