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Dāṭhānāga Thera

1. Dāthānāga Thera.– Resident of the Sumaṅgalapariveṇa of the Mahāvihāra. At his request Buddhaghosa wrote the Sumaṅgalavilāsinī. DA.ii.780 (Hewavitarne Bequest Series).

2. Dāthānāga Thera.– A forest-dwelling monk in the time of Mahinda IV. The king made use of his services in recitals of the Abhidhamma. Cv.liv.36.

3. Dāthānāga Thera.– A monk of Sri Lanka, author of the Nirutti­sāramañjūsā. Svd.1241; but see Bode: p.29, where he says that it was written by Saddhammaguru.