Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1351
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.1351
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v2.c27.1351
Pāṭaliputtaka-brahmin.—A brahmin of Pāṭaliputta. He and a friend, both of that city, having heard of the virtues of Mahānāga Thera of Kāḷavallimaṇḍapa in Ceylon, came by ship to Mahātittha. One died on the way, the other went to Anurādhapura, and from there to Rohaṇa, where he took up his abode in Cullanagarāma and visited the Elder in his monastery. Under him he entered the Order and became an arahant.¹