Atthasālinī

{{Short description|Buddhist text composed by Buddhaghosa}}

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Atthasālinī (Pali), also known as Dhammasaṅgaṇī-aṭṭhakathā, is a Buddhist text composed by Buddhaghosa in the Theravada Abhidharma tradition. The title has been translated as "The Expositor"van Gorkom (2009), [http://www.zolag.co.uk/Cetasikas/html_node/Preface.html#Preface Preface] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731125532/http://www.zolag.co.uk/Cetasikas/html_node/Preface.html#Preface |date=July 31, 2011 }} or "Providing the Meaning".{{sfn|Gethin|1998|p=114}} In the Atthasālinī, Buddhaghosa explains the meaning of terms that occur in the Dhammasangani, a Buddhist text that is part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.