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MahÄrakkhita


1. MahÄrakkhita Thera. He went after the Third Council to the Yona country, and there taught the KÄlakÄrama Sutta. One hundred and seventy thousand people adopted the Buddha’s faith and ten thousand entered the Order. Mhv.xii.5, 39; Dpv.viii.9; Sp.i.64, 67.
2. MahÄrakkhita. An ascetic in HimavÄ. See the Somanassa JÄtaka. He is identified with SÄriputta. J.iv.454.
3. MahÄrakkhita Thera. Incumbent of Uparimandalaka (J.vi.30). See MahÄ-Saá¹…gharakkhita (3).
4. MahÄrakkhita Thera. When told by his patron that the latter had given a robe to a certain monk, he praised him; when the man offered to give him one, he praised that likewise. MA.ii.666.

Dictionary of PÄli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera

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