[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c29.606 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.606 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.606 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.606) 1. Buddhadatta Thera.—He lived in Uragapura in South India and wrote his works in the monastery of Bhūtamaṅgalagāma in the Coḷa country, his patron being Accutavikkama. He studied, however, at the Mahāvihāra in Anurādhapura. Tradition says¹ that he met Buddhaghosa. Buddhadatta’s works include the Vinaya-Vinicchaya, the Uttaravinicchaya, the Abhidhammāvatāra and the Rūpārūpavibhāga. The Madhuratthavilāsinī and the Jinālaṅkāra are also sometimes ascribed to him.² 2. Buddhadatta.—Head of a dynasty of twenty-five kings who reigned in Rājagaha. His ancestors reigned in Mithilā.¹ - [Previous: v2.c29.605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.605) - [Next: v2.c29.607](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.607) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.606) · Pramāṇa