A History of Pali Literature v2.c19.s3.31

v2.c19.s3.31

2. Dhammaceti, the king, in repeatedly investigating and considering the rule of the Vinaya as regards the consecration of a sīmā, as interpreted by the authors of the Aṭṭhakathās, ṭīkās, and pakaraṇas, consulted both the spirit and the letter of the following works, controlling the Aṭṭhakathā by means of the Pāli, the ṭīkā by means of the Aṭṭhakathā, and the pakaraṇa by one another, and at the same time, by collecting what was gone before, and what came after :—the Vinayapāli, the Vinayaṭṭhakathā, the vinayaṭīkā called the Sāratthadīpanī, the Vinayaṭīkā called the Vimativinodanī, the Vinayaṭīkā written by Vajirabuddhi-thera, the Mātikatthakathā called the Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī together with its ṭīkā, the Vinayavinicchaya-pakaraṇa together with its ṭīkā, the Vinayasaṅgahapakaraṇa, the Sīmālaṅkārapakaraṇa, and the Sīmālaṅkārasaṅgaha To the king who repeatedly investigated and considered the question and interpreted the ruling of the Vinaya according to his light and knowledge.