Mallaka
An Elder. As he stood one day looking at a ploughed field a sign arose in him of the size of the field. He enlarged it, induced the five jhÄnas, and, developing insight, became an Arahant (Vism.123).
He is mentioned as consulting DÄ«ghabhÄṇaka Abhaya on some problem connected with absorption (jhÄna). Vsm.265f.
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