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MattÄbhaya


Younger brother of DevÄnampiyatissa.

He witnessed the miracles which attended the arrival of the Buddha’s Relics in Sri Lanka, and, with one thousand others, entered the Order (Mhv.xvii.57f).

When MahÄ Arittha recited the Vinaya at the ThupÄrÄma and held the SangÄ«ti at the suggestion of Mahinda, MattÄbhaya, with five hundred others, was charged with the duty of learning the Vinaya from him. Sp.i.103.


Dictionary of PÄli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera

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