(ඝෝෂ proclamation), name of a celebrated buddhist sage or saint, author of the අර්ථකථා or comments on the sermons of Buddha, which, as the comments of a Rahat, are as authoritative as the text.
Carter, Charles. A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Colombo: The "Ceylon Observer" Printing Works; London: Probsthain & Co., 1924.