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There were four theras of this name in
Burma, all famous for their Pāli scholarship. The first (Ariyālankāra of Ava)
excelled in dhātupaccayavibhāga, i.e. was an accomplished grammarian
(Sās.p.106-12). His pupil, Ariyālankara the younger, is credited with exegetical
works on the Atthasālinī, the Sankhepavannanā, the Abhidhammatthavibhāvanī and
the Vibhanga. He also wrote a Pāli tika called the Sāratthavikāsinī on the
Kaccāyanabheda, and he made in Burmese what amounted to a revised edition of
Kaccāyana's grammar (Sās.p.110-11; Bode, op. cit., 52-3).
The two others do not seem to have
written any works which have been preserved.

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