Dear Dimitry,

Thank you. I don't wish to argue. Just to be sure what
Pali work you and Yong Peng are recommending is enough.

Peace,
Paul O Cuana

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Dimitry A. Ivakhnenko (Äìèòðèé
Àëåêñååâè÷ Èâàõíåíêî)" <koleso@...> wrote:

> Dear Paul,
>
> p> What is the the Pali name of the book that contains the
> p> Dhammapada stories?
>
> Dhammapada.t.thakathaa .
>
> p> In A Handbook of Paali Literature, Oskar Von Hinüber refers
> p> to the Dhammapada.t.thakathaa and attributes it to Thera
> p> Kumaarakassapa, an otherwise unknown person who translated
> p> the work into Pali from the Sinhalese.
>
> What are his arguments?
>
> Wilhelm Geiger atributes this commentary to Buddhaghosa.
> Moreover, in the end of the text there is his name.
>
> Best wishes,
> Dimitry