Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G P Malalasekera
aggavamsa
Aggavamsa:Thera of Pagan. He wrote a Pāli grammar,the Saddaniti,in 1154 (Gv.63; SvD.v.1238; Sās.74). He was tutor to King Narapatisithu of Pagan (Bode,16).
The Gandha-Vamsa calls him a native of Jambudīpa (p.67),but his name occurs among the famous residents in the retired monastery of the northern plateau above Pagan,the cradle of Pāli-Burmese literature. Forchhammer Report,p.2; Jardine Prize Essay,p.34.