MahÄdhammarakkhita
1. MahÄdhammarakkhita Thera.- An Arahant. He lived at AsokÄrÄma. Once, Tissa, brother of Asoka, saw him seated at the foot of a tree meditating, fanned by a NÄga with a sÄla branch. Tissa was later ordained by him. Mhv.v.161, 167; ThigA.i.505; but see Sp.i.561, according to which it was Yonaka MahÄdhammarakhita who ordained Tissa; also SA.iii.125.
After the Third Council he was sent as messenger of Buddhism to MahÄrattha. There he taught the MahÄnÄrada Kassapa JÄtaka, and eighty-four thousand people were converted, thirteen thousand joining the Order. Mhv.xii.5, 37; Dpv.viii.8; Sp.i.67.
2. MahÄdhammarakkhita. An ancient Commentator, generally called Tipiá¹aka MahÄdhammarakkhita, who is quoted several times in the Commentaries. He was a contemporary of DÄ«ghabhÄnaka Abhaya. e.g., DhSA.267, 278, 286f.; VibhÄ.81; PSA.405.
3. MahÄdhammarakkhita. An Elder of TulÄdhÄra vihÄra in Rohana. Tipitaka CÅ«lÄbhaya went to him from the MahÄvihÄra in order to learn from him the Doctrine. At the end of the teaching, Dhammarakkhita asked Abhaya to give him a subject for meditation, for, he said, Abhaya had a greater knowledge than he of that matter. The subject was given, and soon after Dhammarakkhita attained nibbÄna, and died while teaching at the LohapÄsÄda. Vsm.96f.
4. MahÄdhammarakkhita. See Yonaka MahÄdhammarakkhita.
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