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¹ According to the Gandhavamsa (JPTS 1886, p. 59), Buddhaghosa (5th century A. D.) is said to be the author of Jātakaṭṭhavaṇṇanā. T. W. *Rhys Davids*, in Buddhist Birth Stories, p. lxiii ff., had already, on good grounds, questioned the authorship of Buddhaghosa. E. W. *Burlingame* (Buddhist Legends, HOS, Vol. 28, pp. 49, 59f.) adds that both the language and the style of the Jātaka commentary differ from those of the authentic works of Buddhaghosa. See below.