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Buddhadatta Thera was a 5th-centuryTheravada Buddhist writer from the town of Uragapura in theChola kingdom ofSouth India.[1] He wrote many of his works in the Bhūtamangalagāma monastery and his patron wasAccutavikkanta of theKalamba dynasty (Kalambhakulavamsa jāte Accutavikkamanāme Colarājini Colarattham samanusāsante).[2][3] Buddhadatta traveled to Sri Lanka's Mahāvihāra inAnurādhapura to study and translate the commentaries on the Buddha's teachings fromSinhalese toPali. He is said to have metBuddhagosa at sea while returning to India, his work unfinished. Buddhadatta asked Buddhagosa to send him his translations and commentaries and used them in the writing of hisAbhidhammāvatāra.[1] Buddhadatta's other works include the Vinaya-Vinicchaya (“Analysis of the Vinaya”), the Uttara-Vinicchaya, the Rūpārūpa-Vibhāga
TheAbhidhammāvatāra (Pali: “The Coming of the Abhidhamma”) is one of the earliest and most importantAbhidhamma manuals. It is a systematized overview of the doctrines in theAbhidhamma Pitaka, written largely in 24 verse chapters. TheAbhidhammattha-sangaha has, in essence, superseded it.[4]
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