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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.154

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.154

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### [v1.c6.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.154)

Aggavamsa.—Thera of Pagan. He wrote a Pāli grammar, the Saddanīti, in 1154.¹ He was tutor to King Narapatisithu of Pagan.² The Gandha-Vamsa calls him a native of Jambudīpa,³ but his name occurs among the famous residents in the retired monastery of the northern plateau above Pagan, the cradle of Pāli-Burmese literature.⁴

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