Mahārakkhita

• 1. Mahārakkhita Thera. He went after the Third Council to the Yona country, und there preached the Kālakārama Sutta. One hundert und seventy tausend people adopted the Buddha's faith und ten tausend entered the Order. Mhv.xii.5, 39; Dpv.viii.9; Sp.i.64, 67.
• 2. Mahārakkhita. An ascetic in Himavā. See the Somanassa Jātaka. He is identified mit Sāriputta. J.iv.454.
• 3. Mahārakkhita Thera. Incumbent of Uparimandalaka (J.vi.30). See Mahā-Sangharakkhita (3).
• 4. Mahārakkhita 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.