A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1411

v3.c46.1411

The author, Thera Moggallāna of the Vilgammūla fraternity, was a resident of the Jetavana Mahāvihāra 125 in Pulastipura (Polonnaruwa), built by king Parākramabāhu I (A.D. 1153–1186). 126 He lived during the latter part of this king's reign and is probably different from his namesake and contemporary, the grammarian Moggallāna, who wrote the *Moggallānavyākaraṇa*. 127