Pāli Dictionary

Atthadassī2

Person

Ein sri-lankischer Ältester, wahrscheinlich vom Mahāvihāra, einer von denen, die um die Zusammenstellung des Jātaka-Kommentars baten.

A Thera in Sri Lanka who, in company with two others, Buddhamitta and Buddhadeva, asked that the Jātakaṭṭhakatha be written (J.i.1; Gv.68). He was probably an incumbent of the Mahāvihāra in Anurādhapura. See Pāḷi Lit. of Ceylon, 125.

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