[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.3541 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3541 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.3541 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.3541](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3541) \*\*Kosalavihārī Thera.\*\*—An arahant. He was born in Vesālī, and was one of those who heard the Buddha preach when he came to quieten the panic which arose there, as recorded in the \*\*Ratana Sutta\*\* (\*g.v.\*). After the sermon Kosalavihārī left the world. At the conclusion of his novitiate he dwelt in a forest near a village in \*\*Kosala\*\*. A lay adherent seeing him camping under a tree built for him a small hut, and there the thera attained arahantship. He acquired his name from having dwelt long in Kosala.¹ - [Previous: v1.c12.3540](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3540) - [Next: v1.c12.3542](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3542) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3541](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3541) · Pramāṇa