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  • A Sinhalese monk, probably of the twelfth century, who wrote commentaries to several of Buddhadatta’s works and was also the author of the Rūpārūpavibhāga and Sīmālaṅkārasaṅgaha.

  • A monk of Sri Lanka, pupil of Sāriputta Thera, credited with numerous grammatical commentaries and possibly the Pāḷi Thūpavaṃsa and several Sinhalese works.

  • Probably identical with Vācissara (2), head of the Saṅgha under Vijayabāhu III, who hid the Buddha’s Almsbowl and Tooth Relic for safekeeping and later assisted the king in reforming the Order.

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