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Unit-   I:         Abhidhammāvatāra ed. by Mahesh Tiwary, Department of Buddhist  

 Studies, Delhi University, Delhi

1.      Date, Authorship and subject-matter of the text Abhidharmamavatara

2.      Nibbānaniddesa   

Unit-   II:        Dhammapada Attakatha

1.      Date, Authorship and subject-matter of the text Dhammapada Attakatha

2.      Attakatha on the Yamakavagga

Unit-   III:      Paramattha Vinicchayoed. by Mahesh Tiwary, Dept. of Buddhist Studies, 

                        Delhi University, Delhi.

1.      Date, Authorship and subject-matter of the text Paramattha Vinicchayo

2.      Attharasamo Paricchedo: Rupa Vibhago

 

Unit-   IV:      Dīpavaṃsa, ed. by Parmamanda Singh, Ākara Granthamala, Kashi 

                        Vidyapeeth, Varanasi.

1.      Date, Authorship and subject-matter of the textDipavamsa

2.      Paṭhamasaṅgīti     

Unit-   V:        Mahāvaṃsa, ed. by Mahesh Tiwary, Dept. of Buddhist Studies, 

                        Delhi University, Delhi.

1.      Date, Authorship and subject-matter of the textMahavamsa

2.      Dutiyasaṅgīti

Unit-   VI:      Thupavamsa, tr. by Bimala Churn Law, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers,

                        New Delhi, 1986

1.      Date, Authorship and subject-matter of the textThumavamsa

2.      Chapter I: The Account of the Aspiration Topes of India