The Pali Literature of Ceylon is of great extent & importance & also of multifarious interest,it is of value alike to the historian & the student of folklore,to the philogist & the student of comparative religion.Broadly speaking,it may be classified under three main heads: 1 -The buddhist scriptures, or Tipitaka,which from pali canon, 2- The commentaries(of Buddhaghosa, his contempories and successors),exegetical expositons of the text of the ...
