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Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.637

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.637

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v2.c29.637

3. **Buddharakkhita.**—A monk of Ceylon to whom is sometimes ascribed the Jinālaṅkāra. He is supposed to have lived about 426 B.C. on the west coast of Ceylon, at the head of a congregation of monks.¹ According to others,² he is said to have written both the Jinālaṅkāra and its Ṭīkā.