Kurundī-aṭṭhakathā
Kurundī-Atthakathā; One of the great collections of commentaries on the Tipitaka used by Buddhaghosa in the compilation of his works. Tradition says (See, e.g., Saddhamma-Sangaha, p.55) that it was written in Sinhalese, and was so called because it was compiled in the Kurundavelu-Vihāra in Ceylon.
It seems to have been chiefly concerned with Vinaya rules, for we find frequent references to it; particularly in the Samantapāsādikā. E.g., Sp.i.281; ii.319; iii.537, 544, 545, 573, 583, 597, 616, 620, 626, 627, 660, 664, 668, 688, 722, 726; iv.745, 758, 778, 783, 789, 813, 818, 861, 920, etc.
It is also called Kurundī-gandha (Gv.59). In many cases its explanations appear to have been different from those of other commentaries.
Kurundī-aṭṭhakathā; Body of early commentarial literature on the texts of the Pāli Canon, and in particular on the Vinaya Piṭaka. This material, written in Sinhalese and now lost, was used by Buddhaghoṣa in the composition of his exegetical works. Its name derives from the site where it was compiled, the Kurundavelu monastery (vihāra) in Sri Lanka.
