Pāli Dictionary

Deva5

Person

A Sri Lankan elder to whom the Gandhavaṃsa attributes authorship of the Sumanakūṭa-vaṇṇanā, though the work is generally ascribed instead to Vedeha.

A Thera of Sri Lanka, who, according to the Gandhavaṃsa (Gv. p.63), wrote the Sumanakūṭa-vaṇṇanā. This work is, however, generally ascribed to Vedeha (P.L.C.223 f; Svd.1263).

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