Sri Lankan literature in the vernacular contains many Buddhist works, including as classical Sinhala poems such as the "Muvadevāvata" (The Story of the Bodhisattva's Birth as King Mukhadeva, 12th century) and the "Sasadāvata" (The Story of the Bodhisattva's Birth as a Hare, 12th century) as well as prose works like the "Dhampiyātuvā gätapadaya" (Commentary on the Blessed Doctrine), a commentary on words and phrases in the Pāli Dhammapada.