[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.c31.1436 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1436 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1436 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.1436](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1436) 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 - [Previous: v2.c31.1435](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1435) - [Next: v2.c31.1437](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1437) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1436](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1436) · Pramāṇa