Dear Paul, Dimitry and friends,

I do not have any references to provide, but in the preface to his
book, Daw Mya Tin attributes the commentary to Buddhaghosa.
http://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/

You are referring to Hinüber's which is later (I believe) than
Geiger's. Both may have their arguments based on the studies and
research they conducted. Whoever the commentator is, I am sure we are
referring to the same Dhammapada Commentary.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, paulocuana wrote:
> 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