A History of Pali Literature v2.c12.2
A History of Pāli Literature v2.c12.2
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v2.c12.2
Buddhadatta, a contemporary of Buddhaghosa, was a celebrity of the Mahāvihāra of Ceylon and was an inhabitant of the Kāverī region in the kingdom of the Choḷas. He was born in Uragapura (modern Uraiyūr)¹ and flourished during the reign of King Accutavikkanta of the Kalamba (Kadamba) dynasty. His works which were all written in the famous monastery erected by Kaṇhadāsa (Kiṣṇadāsa) or Veṇhudāsa (Viṣṇudāsa), evidently a new Vaiṣṇava reformer of the Deccan,² on the banks of the river Kāverī are so far as known to comprise the following: