Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3598

v1.c6.3598

When Nāgasena had completed his course, Assagutta sent him on to Pāṭaliputta to Dhammarakkhita.² It was Assagutta who interceded with Sakka to persuade Mahāsena to leave the deva-world and be born in the world of men as Nagasena. He was evidently the leader of the Saṅgha at the time, for it was he who summoned an assembly at Yugan-dhara to discuss the danger caused by Milinda’s controversies.³ In the Commentaries⁴ he is quoted as an example of a kalyāṇamitta, full of compassion, association with whom leads to the destruction of ill-will.