Abstract:
Siri Laṅkāyaṃ Vijjodayavissavijjālayamiti matimaṇḍapādikatto
Vālukāvattikagāmajo Siri Soratapaṇḍitatthaviro hi pālibhāsā nāma
sammāsambuddhena vuttappakāre māgadhabhāsāvisaye cheko ceva
viyatto vinīto visārado vigatakathaṅkathibhūto tattha ogādhappatto
patigādhappatto eko yativaro. So hi kho panāyasmā attano paṭhamasmiṃ
vaye ṭhito bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato samāno susukāḷakeso
koḷambanagare vijjodayapariveṇamiti desadesantaresu patthaṭayasarāvaṃ
satthasālaṃ attano ācariya theramatiyā upasaṅkhami. Athāparaṃ hi navako
so bhikkhu pariveṇapaṭipāṭiyā uggaṇhitvā osānapācīnaparikkhaṇaṃ
upagañjiṃ. Pālisakkatasīhaḷamiti tīsu pācīnabhāsāsu pārappatto imāyasmā
taṃ parikkhaṇaṃ sammāva samattho hutvā tasmiṃ vasse sakalalaṅkādīpe
pamukhapaṅḍitavasena ubhayasekharamiti sovaṇṇamuddikampi laddho
visārado hoti.
Aparasmiṃ samaye kho panāyasmā paṇḍito mahātheravaro
Vijjodayapariveṇe pariveṇādipatibhāvañca Vijjodayavissvijjālaye
vijjālayādhipatibhāvañca anuppatto anekānaṃ sissānaṃ
pācīnabhāsāsatthañāṇavisaye uggaṇhāpesi ceva niyojesi samuttejesi
sampahaṃsesi. Anuppatte kho pana buddhajayantisamaye Sirilaṇkāyaṃ
sabbe sogatavidujanā ekato hutvā tepiṭakaṃ buddhavacanaṃ sīhaḷakkharena
saṃsodhetuṃ ceva sīhaḷabhāsāya parivattetuṃ ekaṃ matimaṇḍalaṃ
sammutimakariṃsu. Imasmiṃ hi tepiṭakaganthakārakamaṇḍale hi kho
imāyasmā’va padhānaṭṭhānaṃ sakalamatiyatimatiyā ekacchandena anuppatto
ahosi. Tathā tasmiṃ maṇḍale pamukhaṭṭhānamāgato so yativaro sakalampi
tepiṭakaṃ saṃsodhetuṃ parivattetuṃ muddāpetuṃ vidujanaṃ niyojesi.
Tatoppabhuti sā kho pana ganthamālā yāvajjatanā pālisogatapariyesakānaṃ
manorathāni paripūrayati.
Na kevalaṃ tepiṭakasāhiccaṃ amhākaṃ theramanuggahaṃ laddhaṃ
aṭṭhakathāsāhiccampi laddhaṃ. Teneva imāyasmatā Samantapāsādikā
nāma Vinayaṭṭhakathāpi saṃsodhitābhisaṅkhatā ca. Sā kho panaṭṭhakathā
Hevāvitāraṇa mahāsayehi pakāsitā. Atha amhākaṃ yativaro marammadese
pavattita chaṭṭhamahādhammasaṅgītiyaṃ saṅgītikārakopi bhavati.
Niruttipadakovido amhākaṃ yativaro pālisāhicce saṃsodhetabbāni katipaya
vacanāni ca atthāni ca niddesamakaroti. Upālisuttante bhagavantamārabbha
yojitayakkhavacanassa akkhavacanampi ādi yojanāyo Cīnasakkatādi potthakānica samāloketvā yojitāni. Uruvelāti pade ceva Uttiṭṭhe nappamajjeyyādisu ṭhānesu
gahetabbatthāni ca yojitāni. Pākatabhāsāvisaye ca paramakovidappattena
etena yativarena Pākatasūktimañjarī nāma pākataganthasaṅgahampi kataṃ.
Evaṃ pākatasakkatādi bhāsāñāṇenapi laddhānuggāhena Sirisoratatthavirassa
pālibhāsāñāṇaṃ vesārajjaṃ āsabhiṃ ṭhānamāgataṃ. Evañhi tena theravarena
pālibhāsāsamuddīpanavisaye laddhamanuggahaṃ sabbadā sabbattha
anussaritabbameva.
