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Buddhaghosa

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Buddhaghosa became a defining commentator for Theravada Buddhist learning.

BORN c. 5th century CE · IndiaDIED c. 5th century CE · Sri Lanka or IndiaERA Classical Theravada

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Systematized Theravada doctrine and meditation in commentaries and the Visuddhimagga.

THE RECORD

His Visuddhimagga presents a path of virtue, concentration, and wisdom.
His work helped organize Sinhala commentarial traditions in Pali form.
Theravada study in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia remained deeply shaped by his synthesis.

THE WORKS

What they wrote, compiled or translated, as it stands in the reference library. Each work opens with every answer that cites it.