Saratthappakasini: The Illustrator of Core Meaning

The Saratthapakasini ("Illustrator of Core Meaning") is an ancient commentary in Pali. It was compiled by Ven. Buddhaghosa around 500 AD based on a much older commentarial tradition. The Saratthapakasini comments on the Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the Samyutta Nikaya, one of the most ancient and fundamental of the four Nikaya which form the heart of the Buddhist Canon, the Tipitaka. The Samyutta Nikaya contains detailed chapters on the five groups of grasping, dependent origination and the noble eightfold path. The Saratthapakasini is the most ancient commentary on this significant Buddhist source text.