Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.316
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.316
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5. **Uttara.**—An arahant. He, with Soṇa, was sent by Asoka, at the conclusion of the Third Council, to convert Suvaṇṇabhūmi. They overcame the female demon and her followers, who had been in the habit of coming out of the sea to eat the king's sons, and they then recited the Brahmajāla Sutta. Sixty thousand people became converts, five hundred noblemen became monks and fifteen hundred women of good family were ordained as nuns.