Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c24.328
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c24.328
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2. Dhammaruci Thera.—An arahant. In the time of Dīpaṅkara Buddha he was a young man named Megha, and on hearing the Buddha's declaration regarding Sumedha, he entered the Order under the latter. But, owing to wrong association, he left the Order and murdered his mother. For this he suffered in Avīci and was later born as a fish. One day he heard some shipwrecked sailors calling on the name of Gotama Buddha for protection, and, remembering Dīpaṅkara's prophecy, the fish died. He was then born in Sāvatthi, and hearing the Buddha preach at Jetavana, he entered the Order and became an arahant.¹