Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1585

v2.c31.1585

7. Mahānāma Thera.—Author of the Saddhammappakāsanī Commentary on the Paṭisambhidāmagga.¹ The colophon to the book² states that he lived in the Uttaramanti-pariveṇa in the Mahāvihāra and finished his work in the third year after the death of Moggallāna (probably Moggallāna I.). The Gandhavamsa³ says that the work was written at the request of an upāsaka, also named Mahānāma.