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The Abhidhammatthasangaha and its tikā
believe that the Vibhavin-tika was written by Sumangala because at the end of the Abhidhammavatāra-tika there are three verses which are absolutely identical to those in the Vibhāvinițika. The latter states that the meanings which are not clear are 10 be found in the Abhidhammāvatāra-tikā, written earlier by Sumangala.
Notes
1 Text edited by T. W. Rhy Davids, Journal of the Pali Text Society, London 1884, repr. 1978. Translations by Shwe Zan Aung and Mrs. Rhys Davids; PTS 1910, repr. 1979; J. Kashyap, Banares 1942, repr. Delhi 1979; Narada Mahathera, Colombo 1956 and Kandy 1975.
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2 Ed. by E. Mullar, PTS 1885, repr. 1978; tr. by Mrs. Rhys Davids, Royal Asiatic Society, London 1900, PTS 1974.
3 Ed. by Mrs. Rhys Davids, PTS 1904, repr. 1978; tr. by U Thittila, PTS 1969.
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Ed. with Commentary by E. R. Gooneratne, PTS 1852, revised repr 1963; tr. by U Narada of Burma, PTS 1962, repr. 1977.
5 Ed. by R. Morris, PTS 1883, repr. 1972; tr. into English by B.C. Law, PTS 1922, repr. 1969.
6 Ed. by A. C. Taylor, PTS 1894-97, repr. 1979; tr. by S. Z. Aung and Mrs. Rhys Davids, PTS 1915, repr. 1969.
7 Ed. by Mrs. Rhys Davids et al., PTS 1911-13.
8 Tika paṭṭhāna, Parts I-III, ed. by Mrs. Rhys Davids, PTS 1921-23; Dukapaṭṭhāna, 1, ed. by Mrs. Rhy Davids, PTS 1906. The contents of the Duka paṭṭhāna are given in the Tikapaṭṭhana, Part III, pp. 336 ff. The Paṭṭhāna. Vol. I, tr. by U Narada, PTS 1969 (Vol II in the press). Cf. Foreword to Part I, p.v, and Editorial Note to Part II of the Tika paṭṭhāna.
9 JPTS, 1910, p. 123 (repr. 1978); The Pali Literature of Ceylon (henceforth referred to as PLC) by G. P. Malalasekera, London 1928, Colombo 1958, pp. 169, 173 ff., 205.
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10 JPTS, 1910, p. 123 f. (repr. 1978); PLC, pp. 169 ff., 173, 202, 204. Ed. by A. P. Buddhadatta, JPTS, 1913-14, repr. 1978.
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