梵音Buddhaghośa，中印度摩伽陀人。紀元五世紀頃，渡航錫崙，閱讀大寺之藏經。往昔阿育王派遣布教師於各地時，摩哂陀傳至此島之三藏尚存，新再翻為巴利語，於是施註釋。彼又為其翻譯，至緬甸，傳將來佛典。錫崙之佛徒，服其學德，以為彌勒再來，尊崇之極深。
Buddhaghoṣa, the famous commentator and writer of the Hīnayāna School and of the Pali canon. He was "born near the Bo Tree, at Buddha Gayā, and came to Ceylon about A.D. 430". "Almost all the commentaries now existing (in Pali) are ascribed to him". Rhys Davids.