Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1436
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1436
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3. Mahādeva Thera.—He conferred the *pabbajā*-ordination on Mahinda.¹ After the Third Council he went as apostle to Mahisamaṇḍala, where he preached the Devadūta Sutta, converting forty thousand people and conferring ordination on forty thousand more.²