[1] This literature continues the commentaries' development of the traditional interpretation of the scriptures.
(Note that some commentaries are apparently also named with the term ṭīkā.
[citation needed]) These sub-commentaries were begun during the reign of Parākramabāhu I (1123–1186) under prominent Sri Lankan scholars such as Sāriputta Thera, Mahākassapa Thera of Dimbulagala Vihāra and Moggallāna Thera.
[2] The official Burmese collected edition contains the following texts:[3] There are other tikas without this official recognition, some printed, some surviving in manuscript, some apparently lost.
The name tika is also applied to commentaries on all non-canonical works, such as the Mahāvaṃsa.