Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c24.419

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2. **Dhammika.**—A householder of Sāvatthi who led a very holy life. One day he felt the wish to become a monk and spoke of it to his wife, but she begged him to wait until after the birth of their child. He waited till the child was able to walk and then spoke again to her, but she then wished him to wait until the child should be of age. To this he would not agree, but joined the Order and soon after became an arahant. Later, he visited his family and preached to his son, who became a monk and attained arahantship. His mother, left alone, joined the nuns, becoming an arahant herself.¹ 3. **Dhammika.**—An eminent lay disciple of Sāvatthi, a very learned man and an anāgāmin. He had five hundred followers, all anāgāmins, who, like himself, could travel through the air.¹ He was one of those who possessed sekhapaṭisambhidā.² See also Dhammika Sutta 2.