[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.c24.415 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c24.415 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c24.415 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c24.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.415) 1. \*\*Dhammika Thera.\*\*—A brahmin of Kosala who was converted at the presentation of Jetavana and entered a village vihāra. As he became irritated when monks visited the vihāra they desisted, and he became sole master of the vihāra. When this was reported to the Buddha by a layman, the Buddha sent for him and preached to him the Rukkha-dhamma Jātaka, showing that in the past, too, he had been guilty of similar conduct. Dhammika concentrated on the verses of the Jātaka and, developing insight, became an arahant. In the time of Sikhī Buddha he had been a hunter and had listened to the Buddha preaching to an assembly of the gods in a forest.¹ - [Previous: v1.c24.414](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.414) - [Next: v1.c24.416](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.416) - [Up: v1.c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.415) · Pramāṇa