Pali Proper Names — M

• Maheja. See Mahejjāghara.
• Mahejjāghara, Mahejjāgharavatthu, Mahejjāgharāsanasālā
• Mahelanagara
• Mahī
• Mahiddhi, or Samanabrāhmana Sutta. All recluses or brahmins possessed of iddhi power, whether of the past, present or future, must obtain it through the development of the four satipatthāna. S.v.273f.
• Mahilā. An eminent Therī of Ceylon who kept the dhutangas. Dpv.xviii.15.
• Mahilādīpa. An island off the coast of India where the women, who were exiled with Vijaya, landed. Mhv.vi.45.
• Mahilāmukha Jātaka (No. 26)
• Mahilāmukha. The state elephant of Brahmadatta, king of Benares. See the Mahilāmukha Jātaka.
• Mahimsaka
• Mahimsāsa. The Bodhisatta, born as the son of the king of Benares. For details see the Devadhamma Jātaka. J.i.127ff.; DhA.iii.73.
• Mahimsāsaka
• Mahinda (1-24)
• Mahindaguhā. The cave occupied by Mahinda in the Cetiyagirivihāra (Mhv.xx. 16; MT. 416). It was on the Hatthikucchipabbhāra, covered by forest, at the entrance to a deep valley. Vsm., p. 110.
• Mahindasena. A parivena built and endowed by Mahinda, viceroy of Sena II. Cv.li.60.
• Mahindasenavāsa. A building erected in the Uttara vihāra (Abhayagiri) by Sanghā, wife of Sena I. (Cv.l.79). It was later destroyed, and afterwards restored by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxviii.105.
• Mahindatalāka. A tank built by Parakkamabāhu I. (Cv.lxxix. 28). It is perhaps identical with Mahindatata (above), in which case the king merely restored it.
• Mahindatata. A monastery built by Mahinda I. Cv.xlviii.37.
• Mahindatatavāpi. A tank built by Aggabodhi I. The image of Mahinda Thera (q.v.) was taken there by the Taracchas and set up on its dyke at the time of the Mahinda festival. Cv.xlii.29.
• Mahindaupusaya. A nunnery built by Mahinda I. The village of Nagaragalla was just outside its boundary, and this he gave for its maintenance. Cv.xlviii.36.
• Mahīpālarattha. A district in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon. Cv.lxix.8.
• Mahisadonika. A village in the Nakulanagara district; the birthplace of Khañjadeva. Mhv.xxiii.77.
• Mahisamandala
• Mahisamanta. Long ago there were thirty eight kings of this name, previous births of Isimuggadāyaka Thera. Ap.i.194.
• Mahisavatthu. A place on the Sankheyya Mountain where Uttara is said to have stayed, in Dhavajālika (vihāra). A.iv.162; AA.ii.739.
• Māhissati
• Mahiyangana
• Mahodara
• Mahosadha. The Bodhisatta born as minister to King Videha. For details see the Mahāummagga Jātaka.
• Mahummāra, Mahāummāra
• Majjha. See Megha.
• Majjhantika or Sanika Sutta. Once a monk dwelt in a forest tract in Kosala and was told by a deva of the forest how the noonday silence frightened him. But the monk replied that to him it was enchanting. S.i.203.
• Majjhantika Thera
• Majjhantika Tissa. See Majjhantika.
• Majjhapalli vihāra
• Majjhavela vihāra
• Majjhima
• Majjhima-Kāla
• Majjhima-Nikāya
• Majjhimabhānakā
• Majjhimadesa
• Majjhimagāma. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxiv.83.
• Majjhima-janapada. See Majjhimadesa.
• Majjhimatīkā. The second of three Commentaries on the Saddatthabhedacintā. Gv. 63, 73.
• Majjhimavagga. A district in the Malaya country of Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxx. 20, 21, 23; see Cv. Trs.i.289, n. 1.
• Makākarañjiya. A monastery, the residence of the Elder Mahātissa. Vsm.292.
• Makara. A floodgate in the Parakkamasāmudda from which ran the Gambhīra Canal. Cv.lxxix.40.
• Makaradhaja. A name for the god Kāma. Cv.Iii.68.
• Makasa Jātaka (No. 44)
• Makhādeva
• Makhādeva-Jātaka (No. 9)
• Makhādeva-Sutta
• Makhādeva-ambavana
• Makhilā
• Makkarakata. A locality in Avanti. Mahā Kaccana once stayed there in a forest hut and was visited by Lohicca and his pupils (S.iv.116f). The Commentary (SA.iii.29) calls Makkarakata a town (nagara).
• Makkata-Jātaka (No. 173)
• Makkata-Sutta
• Makkhakudrūsa. A village in Rohana, the residence, of Kitti and Loka. Cv.Iv.26; Cv.lvii. 1, 59.
• Makkhali (or Micchāditthika) Sutta
• Makkhali-Gosāla
• Makkhali-Vagga. The ninth chapter of the Eka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.i.33 5.
• Makulaka. A vihāra in Ceylon, to the east of Aritthapabbata, built by Sūratissa. Mhv.xxi.6.
• Makuta-cetiya. A monument erected by Sakka on the summit of Sineru, enshrining a lock of hair cut off by Dīpankara Buddha, when he renounced the world and became a monk. BuA.68.
• Makutabandhana
• Makutamutta sālā. A hall built in Anurādhapura on the spot where the dancing maidens laid aside their ornaments immediately after the death of Dutthagāmanī. Mhv.xxxii.78; MT.601.
• Mala-Sutta. On the three stains: lust, hatred, and illusion. They are comprehended by the Noble Eightfold Path. S.v.57.
• Mala-Vagga. The twenty first chapter of the Dhammapada.
• Mālā. An eminent Therī of Ceylon. Dpv.xviii.30
• Mālabhāri, Mālābhāri. A devaputta, husband of Patipūjakā.
• Mālabhī. See Piyālī.
• Mālāgāma. A village in Ceylon, given by Kittisirirājasīha to Majjhapalli-vihāra. Cv.c.236; Cv. Trs.ii.293, n.5.
• Mālāgāmatittha. A ford in the Mahāvālukagangā, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxii.50; Cv. Trs.i.323, n. 2.
• Mālāgiri. A mountain in the Himālaya. This and other mountains were formed out of the brick collected by the king of Benares as mentioned by Kānārittha in the Bhūridatta Jātaka. J.vi.204,212.
• Malānī Sutta
• Mālārāma. A vihāra in Ceylon, near Uppalavāpi, in the time of King Kutakanna (Tissa). The Thera Cūlasudhamma lived there. Vibhā.452.
• Malatā. See Mallā.
• Mālatīpuppha. A sluice gate of the Parakkamasamudda, from which flowed the Nīlavāhinī Canal. Cv.lxxix.42.
• Mālava. The name of various Damila chiefs, allies of Kulasekhara (Cv.lxxvi. 132, 137, 210, 235, 265ff., 284). Two of them were called Lambakannas. Cv.lxxvii.27.
• Malavālāna. A district of Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Gajabāhu. Komba built a fortress there which was captured by the Malayarāja, and later by the Nagaragiri Mahinda. Cv.lxx.60ff., 89.
• Mālavalli. A tank in Dakkhinadesa repaired by Parakkamabāhu I. (Cv.lxviii.45). It was the scene of a battle between the forces of Gajabāhu and those of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxx.66.
• Mālāvaratthalī. A place in Rohana, the scene of a campaign of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxv.66ff.
• Mālavatthu. A village in Rohana, given by Dappula to the Ariyākari-vihāra (Cv.xiv.60). It is mentioned (Cv.lxx.66) in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I.
• Malaya
• Malaya-Mahādeva (v.l. Maliya Mahādeva, Mallyadeva) Thera
• Malayappa. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvii.18, 55, 91; MT. 593.
• Malayavāsī Mahāsanghamkkhita. See Mahāsangharakkhita.
• Malitavambha Thera
• Māliya. One of the dogs mentioned in the Pūtimamsa Jātaka.
• Maliya. Perhaps the name of a dog, or it may be an adjective describing its colour. See J.iii.535.
• Maliyadeva. See Malaya Mahādeva.
• Māliyaunna. A vihāra in Ceylon. Mundagangā was a village in its neighbourhood. MT. 605.
• Mallā
• Malla. See Tela.
• Mallagiri, Mallāgiri, Mallangiri. A mountain in the Himālaya, the abode of Kinnaras. J.iv.4.38, 439.
• Mallaka
• Mallaputta. See Dabba.
• Mallavāta. A monastery in Ceylon, built by Aggabodhi VII (Cv.xlviii.70). Aggabodhi VIIII. gave to it a maintenance village. Cv.xlix.47.
• Mallī. A Malla woman. Vin.ii.268.
• Mallikā
• Mallikā-Sutta
• Mallika. A king of Kosala, identified with Ānanda. See the Rājovāda Jātaka. J.ii.2ff.
• Mallikārāma
• Mallikāvimāna vatthu
• Mālunkyā. See Mālunkyāputta.
• Mālunkyāputta
• Māluta Jātaka (No. 17)
• Māluta. Twenty nine thousand kappas ago there were eight kings of this name, previous births of Nalamāliya (Kutivihāriya) Thera. Ap.i.144; ThagA.i.132.
• Mamsa-Jātaka (No. 315)
• Mamsa-Sutta. Few are those who abstain from accepting gifts of uncooked flesh, many who do not. S.v.471.