Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c10.19
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c10.19
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**Ekacāriya Thera.**—An arahant. One hundred thousand kappas ago, when in Tāvatiṃsa, he heard sounds of great excitement because a Buddha had been born in the world. He visited the Buddha on his death-bed and offered a *mandārava*-flower. Sixty thousand kappas ago he was three times king under the name of Mahāmallajana.¹