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The Mahavamsa records that Buddhaghosa was born into a Brahmin family in the kingdom of Magadhi.He is said to have been born near Bodh Gaya, and to have been a master of the Vedas, traveling through India engaging in philosophical debates.Only upon encountering a Buddhist monk named Revata was Buddhaghosa bested in debate, first being defeated in a dispute over the meaning of a Vedic doctrine, and then being confounded by the presentation of a teaching from the Abhidharma.Impressed, Buddhaghosa became a Buddhist monk and undertook the study of the Tripitaka and its commentaries.
On finding a text for which the commentary had been lost in India, Buddhaghosa determined to travel to Sri Lanka to study a Sinhalese commentary that was believed to have been preserved.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhaghosa
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