Sub-commentaries (Theravāda)
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The sub-commentaries (Pali: ṭīkā) are primarily commentaries on the commentaries (Pali: aṭṭhakathā) on the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, written in Sri Lanka.[1] This literature continues the commentaries' development of the traditional interpretation of the scriptures. (Note that some commentaries are apparently also named with the term ṭīkā.[citation needed]) These sub-commentaries were begun during the reign of Parākramabāhu I (1123–1186) under prominent Sri Lankan scholars such as Sāriputta Thera, Mahākassapa Thera of Dimbulagala Vihāra and Moggallāna Thera.[2]
Burmese collection[]
The official Burmese collected edition contains the following texts:[3]
- Paramatthamañjusā, ṭīkā by Dhammapāla on Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga; scholars have not yet settled which Dhammapāla this is
- Three ṭīkāyo on the Samantapāsādikā, commentary on the Vinaya Piṭaka:
- Ṭīkā by
- by Sāriputta Thera (12th century)
- by Mahākassapa Thera (13th century)
- Two ṭīkāyo on the , commentary on the Pāṭimokkha
- Ṭīkāyo by Dhammapāla on Buddhaghosa's , and , commentaries on the Dīgha, Majjhima and Saṃyutta Nikāya; it is generally considered by scholars that this is a different Dhammapāla from the one who wrote commentaries.
- by , head of the Burmese sangha, about 1800; a new partial tika on the , covering only the first volume of the Digha Nikāya
- by Sāriputta Thera on Buddhaghosa's on the Aṅguttara Nikāya
- on Dhammapāla's commentary on the Nettipakaraṇa
- by a 16th-century Burmese author whose name is given in different manuscripts as -, Samanta- or Sambandha-pala; this is not a new tika on the Netti commentary, but a new commentary on the Netti itself
- by Ānanda on the commentaries on the Abhidhamma Piṭaka
- on the
There are other tikas without this official recognition, some printed, some surviving in manuscript, some apparently lost. The name tika is also applied to commentaries on all non-canonical works, such as the Mahāvaṃsa. There are also some sub-commentaries in vernacular languages.
Extracts from some of these works have been translated, usually along with translations of commentaries.
References[]
- ^ Griffiths, Paul J. (1994). On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood. SUNY Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 9780791421277.
- ^ Perera, HR; Buddhism in Sri Lanka A Short History, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, page
- ^ "Buddhist literatures in archives". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
- Pali Buddhist texts
- Theravada literature
- Buddhist commentaries