ISSN 1076-9005
Volume 25, 2018
The Authorship of the Vinaya and Abhidhamma Commentaries:
A Response to von Hinüber
Ven. Pandita (Burma)
University of Kelaniya
Von Hinüber claims in his recent article, “Early Scripture
Commentary,” which is included in Brill’s
Encyclopedia of Buddhism, that: (1) Buddhaghosa is the author
of the commentaries on four nikāyas,
but (2) not of other commentaries traditionally attributed to him. I agree
with (1) but not with (2). On the contrary, I believe it is highly probable
that the Vinaya
and Abhidhamma
commentaries have come from Buddhaghosa. I will give in this article the
reasons for this belief.
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