1. Buddhadatta Thera. He lived in Uragapura in South India and wrote his works in the monastery of Bhútamangalagáma in the Cola country, his patron being Accutavikkama.
He studied, however, at the Mahávihára in Anurádhapura. Tradition says (e.g., SadS., p.55) that he met Buddhaghosa.
Buddhadatta's works include the Vinaya-Vinicchaya, the Uttara-Vinicchaya, the Abhidhammávatára and the Rúpárúpa-Vibhága. The Madhuratthavilásiní and the Jinálánkára are also sometimes ascribed to him. Svd.1195,1199; Gv.59,66,69.
For details see P.L.C.105 ff.
2. Buddhadatta. Head of a dynasty of twenty five kings who reigned in Rájagaha. His ancestors reigned in Mithilá. Dpv.iii.30; the MT. (P.129) calls him Samuddadatta.