Vaṃsatthappakāsinī, nāma, Mahāvaṃsaṭīka
By: padhānasaṃsodhako Bhikhhu Jagadīskassapo ; nirdesako, Nava Nālandā Mahāvihārassa ; saṃsodhako Srīdhar Vāsudev Sohonī.
Contributors: Sohonī, Śrīdhara Vāsudeva, 1914-; Nava Nālandā Mahāvihāra.
Series: Nava-Nālandā-Mahāvihāra-granthamālā
Publisher: Nava Nālandā Mahāvihāra
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Paṭanā
Language: pli
Number of pages: 646
Subjects: Mahānāma, 5th cent. -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Vaṃsatthappakāsinī; Mahāvaṃsaṭīka; Mahāvaṃsa ṭikā
Description: Commentary on Mahanama's Mahāvaṃsa, 5th century Buddhist epic in Pali on the history of Ceylon; with a few variant readings.
Notes: In Pali; introduction in English and Hindi.
Authorship uncertain.  Has been attributed to a thera, known as Mahānāma, different from the author of the Mahāvaṃsa.