Dhammapala wrote commentaries on the Pali Canon texts which Buddhaghosa had omitted and also wrote a commentary called the Paramathamanjusa on Buddhaghosa 's great manual , the Visuddhimagga. Over much of the early history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka , three subdivisions of Theravāda existed in Sri Lanka , consisting of the monks of the Mahāvihāra , Abhayagiri vihāra and JetavanaWarder , A. K. Indian Buddhism .
The Visuddhimagga is Buddhaghosa 's great manual .