[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) › v2.c27.2231 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.2231 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.2231 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.2231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.2231) \*\*Pulinathūpiya Thera.\*\*—An arahant. Once, in the past, he was a Jaṭila named Nāraḍa, with fourteen thousand followers, living near the rock called Samaṅga. He erected, on the bank of the Amarīkā, a thūpa of sand as an object of worship for himself. In his last birth he was of parents who were devout followers of the Buddha and worshipped at a shrine erected in the Buddha's name. When the boy was seven years old he saw the shrine and, recalling his past, became an arahant.¹ He is perhaps to be identified with \*\*Vasabha Thera\*\* (\*q.v.\*).² - [Previous: v2.c27.2230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.2230) - [Next: v2.c27.2232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.2232) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.2231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.2231) · Pramāṇa