Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1477

v2.c31.1477

1. Mahādhammarakkhita Thera.—An arahant. He lived at Asokārāma. Once, Tissa, brother of Asoka, saw him seated at the foot of a tree meditating, fanned by a sāla-branch. Tissa was later ordained by him.¹ After the Third Council he was sent as messenger of Buddhism to Mahāraṭṭha. There he preached the Mahānārada-Kassapa Jātaka, and eighty-four thousand people were converted, thirteen thousand joining the Order.²