Vācissara draft

Vācissara 01. A Sinhalese monk who wrote Commentaries to Buddhadatta’s works: the Abhidhammāvatāra, the Vinayavinicchaya, the Uttaravinicchaya, the Khemappakaraṇa. He probably belonged to the twelfth century, and was also the author of the Rūpārūpavibhaṅga and the Sīmālaṅkāra (q.v.). PLC.108f., 156, 174, 202; also Gv.62, 71.

Vācissara 02. A monk of Ceylon, pupil of Sāriputta. Numerous works are assigned to him, among them commentaries on the various books of grammar: the Sambandhacintā ṭīkā, the Subodhālaṅkāra ṭīkā, the Vuttodaya vivaraṇa. He also wrote the Sumaṅgalapasādanī on the Khuddasikkhā and a commentary on the Moggallāna vyākaraṇa (PLC. 204). He seems also to have written the Pāli Thūpavaṁsa and several books in Sinhalese. PLC.217; also Gv.62, 71.

Vācissara 03. Vācissara Thera. Probably identical with (2) above. He was at the head of the Saṅgha in the reign of Vijayabāhu III., and had hidden the Alms bowl and Tooth relic of the Buddha in Kotthumala, in order to preserve them. After that, he went to South India for protection. Later, he was sent for by Vijayabāhu, whom he helped in the reformation of the Saṅgha. Cv.lxxxi.18ff.