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Dhammasena

1. Dhammasena.– Son of the chaplain of Kaṇṇakujja. He later became the chief disciple of Phussa Buddha. Bu.xix.19; BuA.193; J.i.41.

2. Dhammasena.– The chief disciple of Maṅgala Buddha. He was a resident of Mekhala. Bu.xxii.23; BuA.120; J.i.41; Mtu. (i.248) calls him Dharmadeva.

3. Dhammasena Thera.– An Arahant of Isipatana. He was present, with twelve thousand others, at Anurādhapura, at the foundation of the Mahā-Thūpa. Mhv.xxix.31; Dpv.xxix.5.

4. Dhammasena.– A monk of Sri Lanka of the thirteenth century. He translated a large part of the Dhammapada Commentary into Sinhalese, which work he called the Saddharmaratnāvalī. P.L.C.97.