Pāli Dictionary

Gandhavaṃsa

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緬甸僧人難達般若所撰的一部晚期巴利文著作,簡述巴利三藏及緬甸、斯里蘭卡後世巴利文獻的歷史。

A late Pāḷi work written in Burma.

It relates, in brief, the history of the Pāḷi Canon and gives accounts of post-canonical Pāḷi books written in Burma and Sri Lanka.

The colophon states that the work was composed by a forest-dwelling elder named Nandapañña. At the end of each chapter the work is referred to as Cullagandhavaṃsa; perhaps what we have now is an abridged edition of a larger work.

The work is published in J.P.T.S., 1886, pp.55-80.

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