Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1854

v2.c35.1854

5. Vedeha.—A rich householder of Haṃsavatī, in the time of Padumuttara Buddha. He was a former birth of Mahā Kassapa (q.v.).¹ 6. Vedeha.—A Thera of Ceylon, who belonged to the Araññavāsī Nikāya. He wrote the Rasavāhinī and the Samantakūṭavaṇṇanā, and also, probably, the Sinhalese grammar known as the Sīdalaṅgarā. He lived in the thirteenth century and was a pupil of Ānanda Vanaratna.¹