Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2128

v2.c31.2128

Mahāsena's son, Sirimeghavaṇṇa, on coming to the throne, exerted himself to undo the damage which had been wrought by his father. He rebuilt the Lohapāsāda and restored all the demolished pariveṇas, together with their endowments.¹³ Mahāvihāra had, by now, become famous as a seat of learning; it was the centre of Theravāda Buddhism, and was the repository of various Commentataries, of which the chief were the Sīhalaṭṭhakathā on the Pāli Canon. Thither, therefore, came scholars from various countries, among them Buddhaghosa (q.v.), who resided in the Ganthākara-pariveṇa and compiled his Pāli Commentaries.¹⁴