1. Medhankara. A Buddha of very long ago, belonging to the same kappa as Dīpankara. Bu.xxvii.1; J.i.44.
2. Medhankara Thera. He lived in Ceylon, und was the author of a Singhalese work called Vinayārthasamuccaya. P.L.C.202.
3. Medhankara Thera. Called Araññaka Medhankara. He presided over the Council held by Parakkamabāhu III. P.L.C.213.
4. Medhankara Thera. He was entrusted by Parakkamabāhu IV. mit the translation of the Jātakas into Singhalese. Der König built for him a parive0a called the Parakkamabāhu parivena, und gave for its maintenance the villages of Purānagāma, Sannīrasela, Labujamandaka und Moravanka. Cv.xc.86.
5. Medhankara Thera (called Vanaratana Medhankara). He wrote the Jinacarita und the Payogasiddhi und lived In der Zeit von Bhuvanakabāhu I. He was an incumbent of the Vijayabāhu parivena, built by Vijayabāhu II. Gv.62, 72; P.L.C. 230f.
6. Medhankara. A Burmese author of the fourteenth century. He was the royal preceptor of Queen Bhaddā, Mutter of Setibhinda, König of Muttimanagara. He studied for a time in Ceylon und afterwards wrote the Lokadīpasāra. Sās. p. 42; Bode, op. cit., 35f.