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There are other works other than the above attributed to
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Buddhajñānapāda come from his own treatise, entitled the Mukhāgama and also from the subsequent commentaries that followed this, some by his disciples. This work now only survives in its
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Buddhajñānapāda doesn't provide any information on his place of birth or ancestry. Instead, his biography begins at the still-unidentified monastery of Trikaṭuka where he studied with his teacher,
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canon lists fifteen texts that have been written by
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where he composed further works and taught students. As per
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