# Cattāro Mahāpadesā. The four great standards

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**Category:** Authenticity of Texts\
**Created:** [April 2, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/cattaro-mahapadesa-the-four-great-standards/80 "2022-04-02T12:09:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/cattaro-mahapadesa-the-four-great-standards/80/2 "2022-04-07T23:31:24Z")

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> [@Question about Tīkā (subcommentaries)](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/question-about-tika-subcommentaries/109/5):
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> I think the tikas, don’t ever(or maybe rarely) disagree with the Atthakatha. They are there just to add extra clarification on knotty points. We shouldn’t classify newer “sub-commentaries” by modern authors with the respected ancient tikas

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