Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2307

v1.c6.2307

**Abhidhānappadīpikā.**—A Pāli Dictionary written in the twelfth century by Moggallāna Thera of Ceylon, following the style and the method of the Sanskrit Amarakosa. It is in three parts, dealing with “celestial, terrestrial and miscellaneous objects,” and each part is subdivided into several sections, which are not all mutually exclusive. The whole book is a dictionary of synonyms, all the names given to one particular thing being grouped together and put into verse for the purpose of memorisation.