A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.188

v2.c19.s5.188

⁴ Edited with Introd., Notes and Translation by James Gray, London 1894. According to the Gandhavamsa (JPTS 1886, pp. 69, 72, *cf.* 65, 75) a Jinālaṃkāra was written by Buddhadatta and commented on by Buddharakkhita. A work like the Jinālaṃkāra with which we are concerned, could not have possibly been written by a contemporary of Buddhaghosa (see above p. 220 on Buddhadatta). The date "1,700 years after the death of Buddha" figures in the concluding verses of the poem, where Buddharakkhita refers to himself as the author. *Cf.* Geiger, l.c., p. 28.