[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.c31.1585 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1585 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1585 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.1585](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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. - [Previous: v2.c31.1584](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1584) - [Next: v2.c31.1586](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1586) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1585](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1585) · Pramāṇa