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Majjhima

An Arahant. He went, after the Third Council, as teacher to the Himālaya country (Mhv.xii.6), accompanied by four others: Kassapagotta, Durabhissara, Sahadeva, and Mūlakadeva.

Dpv.viii.10; MT. (317) has Duṇḍubhissara for Durabhissara; Mbv. (115) agrees with MT., but has Sahassadeva; Sp. (i.68) gives their names as Kassapagotta, Alokadeva, Dundubhissara, and Sahadeva.

Majjhima taught the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta and eighty crores of persons became Stream-winners. The five elders, separately, converted five kingdoms, and each of them ordained one hundred thousand persons. Mhv.xii.41ff.

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera