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# A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.43

A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.43

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### [v2.c19.s5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.43)

⁴ Various monasteries had their own commentaries; besides the Mūla- or Mahā-Aṭṭhakathā of the “great monastery” (Mahāvihāra) of Anurādhapura; there was also one of the “northern monastery” (Uttaravihāra) in the same city of Ceylon, as well as an Andha-Aṭṭhakathā in Kāñcīpura in South India, and others. \*Cf.\* Mrs. \*Rhys Davids\*, Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics, 2nd Ed., p. xxviii.

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