Buddhaghosa

Buddhaghosa with three copies of [[Visuddhimagga]], [[Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara]] Buddhaghosa was a 5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist commentator, translator and philosopher. He worked in the Great Monastery (''Mahāvihāra'') at Anurādhapura, Sri Lanka and saw himself as being part of the Vibhajjavāda school and in the lineage of the Sinhalese Mahāvihāra.

His best-known work is the ''Visuddhimagga'' ("Path of Purification"), a comprehensive summary of older Sinhala commentaries on Theravada teachings and practices. According to Sarah Shaw, in Theravada this systematic work is "the principal text on the subject of meditation." The interpretations provided by Buddhaghosa have generally constituted the orthodox understanding of Theravada scriptures since at least the 12th century CE.

He is generally recognized by both Western scholars and Theravadins as the most important philosopher and commentator of the Theravada, but is also criticised for his departures from the canonical texts. Provided by Wikipedia
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  1. 1
    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1950
    Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Univ. Pr. [u.a.], 1950.
    XXI, 617 S.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1975
    [1975]
    23, 24, 18 leaves ; 34 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1957
    [Ranʻ kunʻ] : Marammaraṭṭhe Buddhasāsanāsamiti, 1957.
    6, 436 p. ; 26 cm.
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  4. 4
    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1935
    Bombay : University of Bombay, 1935.
    xiv, 126 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1974
    Nalanda : Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, 1974-
    v. 26 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1957
    [Ranʻ kunʻ] : Marammaraṭṭhe Buddhasāsanasamiti, 1957.
    10, 526 p. ; 27 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1975
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1958
    [Ranʻ kunʻ] : Marammaraṭṭhe Buddhasāsanasamiti, 1958.
    15, 251 p. ; 28 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1977
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    23, 28 leaves ; 34 cm.
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  10. 10
    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1974
    [1974]
    196 leaves in various foliations ; 34 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1975
    [1975]
    23, 24, 24 leaves ; 34 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1976
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    2 v. ; 34 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1976
    [S.I. : s.n.], 1976.
    2 v. ; 34 cm.
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  14. 14
    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1974
    1974-
    v. ; 25 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1977
    [S.I. : s.n., 1977]
    24, 24, 24, 27 leaves ; 34 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1968
    Ranʻ kunʻ : Marammaraṭṭhe Buddhasāsanasamiti, [1968]
    16, 398, [1] p. ; 27 cm.
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  17. 17
    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1921
    Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1921.
    3 v. ; 25 cm.
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  18. 18
    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1991
    Ranʻ kunʻ : Mraṅʻʹ muirʻ Cā ʼupʻ Tuikʻ : Phranʻʹ khyī reʺ, Ma Khaṅʻ Piṭakatʻ Cā ʼupʻ Chuiṅʻ, 1991-
    v. <1 > : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1975
    [S.I. : s.n., 1975]
    23, 24, 24, 24, 24, 21 leaves ; 24 cm.
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    by Buddhaghosa
    Published 1975
    [S.I. : s.n., 1975]
    35 leaves ; 34 cm.
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