- Subcommentaries, Theravada
The subcommentaries (tika, īkā) are commentaries on the commentaries on the
Pali Canon ofTheravada Buddhism. They continue the commentaries' development of the traditional interpretation of the scriptures. The official Burmese collected edition contains the following texts: [cite web |title=Buddhist literatures in archives |url=http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/archive.htm ]* Paramatthamanjusa, tika by Dhammapala on
Buddhaghosa 'sVisuddhimagga ; scholars have not yet settled which Dhammapala this is
* Three tikas on the Samantapasadika, commentary on theVinaya Pitaka :
** Tika by Vajirabuddhi
** Saratthadipani by Sariputta (12th century)
** Vimativinodani by Kassapa (13th century)
* Two tikas on the Kankhavitarani, commentary on thePatimokkha
* Tikas by Dhammapala on Buddhaghosa's Sumangalavilasini, Papancasudani and Saratthapakasini, commentaries on the Digha, Majjhima andSamyutta Nikaya s; it is generally considered by scholars that this is a different Dhammapala from the one who wrote commentaries
* Visuddha(jana)vilasini by Nanabhivamsa, head of the Burmese sangha, about 1800; a new partial tika on the Sumangalavilasini, covering only the first volume of the Digha
* Saratthamanjusa by Sariputta on Buddhaghosa's Manorathapurani on theAnguttara Nikaya
* Nettitika on Dhammapala's commentary on the Netti
* Nettivibhavini by a 16th century Burmese author whose name is given in different manuscripts as Saddhamma-, Samanta- or Sambandha-pala; this is not a new tika on the Netti commentary, but a new commentary on the Netti itself
* Mulatika by Ananda on the commentaries on theAbhidhamma Pitaka
* Anutika on the MulatikaThere are other tikas without this official recognition, some printed, some surviving in manuscript, some apparently lost. The name tika is also applied to commentaries on all non-canonical works, such as the
Mahavamsa . There are also some subcommentaries in vernacular languages. Extracts from some of these works have been translated, usually along with translations of commentaries.Notes
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