[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.c6.3509 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3509 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3509 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3509](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3509) At the conclusion of the Council, held in the seventeenth year of his reign,²⁰ Asoka sent forth theras to propagate the Buddha’s religion: Majjhantika to Kasmīra and Gandhāra, Mahādeva to Mahisamaṇḍala, Rakkhita to Vanavāsa, Yona Dhammarakkhita to Aparantaka, Mahārakkhita to Yona, Majjhima to the Himālaya country and Soṇa and Uttara to Suvaṇṇabhūmi; Mahinda with Iṭṭhiya, Uttiya, Sambala and Bhaddasāla he sent to Laṅkā.²¹ In the eighteenth year of his reign he sent to Laṅkā, at Devanampiyatissa’s request, Saṅghamittā, with a branch of the great Bodhi Tree at Buddhagayā.²² A little earlier he had sent by his grandson Sumana, some relics of the Buddha and the Buddha’s alms-bowl to be deposited in the thūpas of Laṅkā.²³ - [Previous: v1.c6.3508](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3508) - [Next: v1.c6.3510](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3510) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3509](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3509) · Pramāṇa