Vitthārento sattama-mabhidhammappakaraṇaṃ satthā.

Suvihitasanniṭṭhāno, paṭṭhānaṃ nāma yaṃ pakāsesi;

Saddhāya samāraddhā, yā aṭṭhakathā mayā tassāti ca.

‘‘Ettāvatā

Sattappakaraṇaṃ nātho, abhidhammamadesayi;

Devātidevo devānaṃ, devalokamhi yaṃ pure;

Tassa aṭṭhakathā esā, sakalassāpi niṭṭhitā’’ti [paṭṭhā. aṭṭha. 19-24.1] ca.

‘‘Buddhaghosoti garūhi gahitanāmadheyyena therena katā

Ayaṃ sakalassapi abhidhammapiṭakassa aṭṭhakathā’’ti [paṭṭhā. aṭṭha. 19-24.1] ca.

Ekacce pana ādhunikā therā ‘‘abhidhammaṭṭhakathāyo ācariyabuddhaghosena yācito saṅghapālabuddhamittajotipālādīnaṃ aññataro thero akāsī’’ti vadanti. Ayañca nesaṃ vicāraṇā, aṭṭhasālinīsammohavinodanīsu ‘‘tā buddhaghosena yācito akāsī’’ti ganthakārena vuttaṃ. Tena ñāyati ‘‘takkārako añño, ācariyabuddhaghoso pana tāsu yācakapuggaloyevā’’ti. Āgamaṭṭhakathāsu ca ācariyabuddhaghosena –

‘‘Sīlakathā dhutadhammā, kammaṭṭhānāni ceva sabbāni…pe…

Iti pana sabbaṃ yasmā, visuddhimagge mayā suparisuddhaṃ;

Vuttaṃ tasmā bhiyyo, na taṃ idha vicārayissāmī’’ti [dī. ni. aṭṭha. 1.ganthārambhakathā] –

Evaṃ sīlakathādīnaṃ attanā eva visuddhimagge vuttabhāvo mayātipadena pakāsito. Aṭṭhasāliniyaṃ pana –

‘‘Kammaṭṭhānāni sabbāni, cariyābhiññā vipassanā;

Visuddhimagge panidaṃ, yasmā sabbaṃ pakāsita’’nti [dha. sa. aṭṭha. ganthārambhakathā] –

Taṃ pana tesaṃ ativicāraṇamattameva. Na hi ācariyabuddhaghosatthero ‘‘tasmiṃ kāle ūnadasavasso’’ti sakkā gahetuṃ, visuddhimagganigamanepi ‘‘buddhaghosoti garūhi gahitanāmadheyyena therenā’’ti vacanato, na ca ‘‘visuddhācārasīlena, nipuṇāmalabuddhinā’’ti vā, ‘‘adandhagatinā subuddhinā’’ti vā ettakeheva dvīhi dvīhi guṇapadehi thomanena suthomito hoti, aññadatthu ‘‘nippabhīkatakhajjoto samudeti divākaro’’ti thomanaṃ viya hoti. Nanu ācariyena attano ganthanigamanesu –

‘‘Paramavisuddhasaddhābaddhivīriyapaṭimaṇḍitena sīlācārajjavamaddavādiguṇasamudayasamuditena sakasamayasamayantaragahanajjhogāhaṇasamatthena paññāveyyattiyasamannāgatena tipiṭakapariyattibhede sāṭṭhakathe satthusāsane appaṭihatañāṇappabhāvena mahāveyyākaraṇenā’’tiādinā –

Yadi pana ettakena niṭṭhaṃ na gaccheyya, evampi vicāretabbaṃ – kinnu kho saṅghapālādayo therā visuddhimaggādīnaṃ karaṇatthāya ācariyabuddhaghosattheraṃ āyācamānā attanā samatthataroti saddahantā āyācanti udāhu asaddahantāti? Saddahantāyeva āyācantīti pākaṭoyevāyamattho. Tathā ca sati ācariyabuddhaghosatthero sayaṃ aññehi samatthatarova samāno kasmā aññaṃ āyāceyya. Na hi saddhāsampannassa thāmasampannassa yobbanasampannassa ācariyassa sundarataraṃ abhidhammaṭṭhakathaṃ kātuṃ bhāriyaṃ bhavissati. Abhidhammaṭṭhakathāsu ca vuttavacanāni visuddhimaggaāgamaṭṭhakathāsu vuttasaṃvaṇṇanāvacanehi ekākārāneva honti. Yadi ca abhidhammaṭṭhakathaṃ añño kareyya, kathamapi tāhi vacanākārassa visadisatā bhaveyya eva. Etāsaṃ nigamane ca dassitena ‘‘buddhaghosoti garūhi gahitanāmadheyyena therena katā’’ti vacanena ‘‘ācariyabuddhaghosena katā’’tveva pākaṭā honti, na aññenāti. Yepi ‘‘aññena katā’’ti vadanti, tepi ‘‘iminā nāma therenā’’ti ekaṃsato dassetuṃ na sakkonti, tathā dassetuñca lesamattampi sādhakavacanaṃ na dissati. Tasmā abhidhammaṭṭhakathāyopi idāni ācariyehi cūḷabuddhaghosoti voharitena buddhaghosena nāma bhikkhunāyācito visuddhimaggavinayāgamaṭṭhakathānaṃ kārako ācariyamahābuddhaghosattheroyeva akāsīti niṭṭhamettha gantabbanti.

Yaṃ pana mahāvaṃse ‘‘ācariyabuddhaghoso sīhaḷadīpāgamanato pubbe jambudīpe vasanakāleyeva aṭṭhasāliniṃ akāsī’’ti adhippāyena –