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'''Dhammapāla''' was the name of two or more{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} great [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] commentators.<br />
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The earlier, born in [[Kanchipuram]], is known to us from both the ''[[Gandhavamsa]]'' and {{citation needed span|date=March 2021|reason=Because this may be due to confusion between Dharmapāla(Yogacārin) and Dhammapāla(Theravada).|the writings of [[Xuanzang]]}} to have lived at [[Badara Tittha Vihara]] south of modern [[Chennai]], and to have written the [[atthakatha|commentaries]] on seven of the shorter canonical books (consisting almost entirely of verses) and also the commentary on the [[Nettipakarana|Netti]], perhaps the oldest [[Pali language|Pali]] work outside the canon. Extracts from the latter work, and the whole of three out of the seven others, have been published in Pali by the [[Pali Text Society]]. These works show great learning, exegetical skill and sound judgment. But as to the meaning of words, or to discussions of the ethical import of his texts, very little can be gathered from his writings of value for the social history of his time. Though in all probability a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] by birth, he declares, in the opening lines of those of his works that have been edited, that he followed the tradition of the Great Monastery ([[Maha Vihara]]) at [[Anuradhapura]] in [[Sri Lanka]], and the works themselves confirm this in every respect.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Dhammapāla |volume=8 |pages=141-142}}</ref><br />
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Another writer, probably also called ''Dhammapala'', since he was supposed by the 12th century to be the same, though scholars do not accept this, wrote subcommentaries on the commentaries on the ''Digha'', ''Majjhima'' and ''Samyutta [[Nikayas]]''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}<br />
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A third ''Dhammapala'' wrote ''[[Saccasankhepa]]'', a handbook of [[abhidhamma]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* Edmund Hardy in ''Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft'' (1898), pp.&nbsp;97 foll.<br />
* ''Netti-ppakaranam: The guide, according to Kaccana Thera'' (ed. E. Hardy, London, [[Pali Text Society]], 1902, ASIN B0000CLJ95), especially the Introduction, ''passim''<br />
*''Theri Gatha Commentary'', ''Peta Vatthu Commentary'', and ''Vimna Vutthu Commentary'', all three published by the Pali Text Society.<br />
* K.R. Norman, ''Pali Literature'', Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1983<br />
* Oskar von Hinüber, ''Handbook of Pali Literature'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1996<br />
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==References==<br />
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