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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.601

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c26.601

- **Language:** English

### [v2.c26.601](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.601)

Nāgakesariya Thera.—An arahant. In the past he was a hunter, and, while wandering in the forest, he saw a full-blown \*nāga\*-flower and offered it with both hands to Tissa Buddha. Seventy-seven kappas ago he was a king named Pamokkharana.¹

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