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## Introduction
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It is important to note that the meaning of the classifications is not explained in the *Kammapadi* verses, but in the *Kammapadi* commentary. The *Kammapadi* verses only mention the names of the classifications. For a detailed understanding, one should refer to the extensive commentary written on the 18th, 16th, and 20th verses of the *Kammapadi* on *Bandhakarana*.
This excerpt proves two things: Firstly, the author of the *Sataka* commentary and the *Kammapadi* commentary is the same Acharya. Secondly, the *Kammapadi* commentary was written before the *Sataka* commentary.
(2) Now, some excerpts from the *Sittari* commentary are given which prove that the author of the *Sittari* commentary and the *Kammapadi* commentary is the same:
(a) "Just as in the *Kammapadi* collection, where there is no *Uchattana*, there is *Uchalan* in the *Samgama*, so also here." (*Sittari*, Chapter 61.2)
(b) "There, in the case of *Micchaddissi* and *Miccha* *Uttrasamane*, just as in the *Kammapadi* collection, the first *Sammatta* arises, so also here." (*Sittari*, Chapter 61.2)
(c) "Just as in the *Kammapadi* collection, there is no *Antarakaran*." (*Sittari*, Chapter 64.1)
(d) "The first *Tthitikaran* is just as in the *Kammapadi* collection." (*Sittari*, Chapter 65.1)
In the above four excerpts, the *Kammapadi* collection is mentioned for the specific descriptions of the things mentioned. All these descriptions are not found in the original *Kammapadi*, but in the *Kammapadi* commentary, which can be found at the specified places in the *Kammapadi* commentary.
These excerpts also prove two things: Firstly, the author of the *Sittari* commentary and the *Kammapadi* commentary is the same Acharya. Secondly, the *Kammapadi* commentary was written before the *Sittari* commentary.
(3) Now, some excerpts from the *Sittari* commentary are given which explicitly mention the *Kasaya Pahuda* commentary:
(a) "That *Veyanta* is like a *Kattadi*, *Taiyakitti*, *Daliya*, *Ghena*, *Suhumasampraiyakitti*. Their characteristics are just as in the *Kasaya Pahuda*."
(b) "Here, in the case of *Puvvakarana*, *Aniyatti*, *Shraddha*, *Gai*, *Vatavtragai*, the statement is just as in the *Kasaya Pahuda* and the *Kammapadi* collection." (*Sittari*, Chapter 62.2)
(c) "In the case of a four-fold *Vedodara* and a *Purisa* *Vedabandhana*, there is only one *Udayadvana* that is obtained. That is, just as in the case of fourteen *Sanjalakhana* and eleven *Egayara*. Here, there are four *Langa*. ... And that is also seen in the *Kasaya Pahuda* and other commentaries." (*Sittari*, Chapter 12.2)
These above excerpts prove three things: Firstly, the author of the *Sittari* commentary and the *Kasaya Pahuda* commentary is the same Acharya. Secondly, the *Sittari* commentary was written after the *Kasaya Pahuda* commentary. And thirdly, the excerpt proves that the author of all three commentaries is the same Acharya.