[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.c6.2744 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2744 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2744 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.2744](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2744) Araka.—The Bodhisatta, born as a brahmin teacher. His story is told in the Araka Jātaka. He is referred to also in the Dhammadhaja Jātaka,¹ where the Bodhisatta relates how, as Araka, he had developed thoughts of lovingkindness and practised the brahmavihāra for seven years and then was born in the Brahma-world. - [Previous: v1.c6.2743](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2743) - [Next: v1.c6.2745](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2745) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2744](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2744) · Pramāṇa