[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.c31.1477 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1477 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1477 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.1477](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c31.1476](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1476) - [Next: v2.c31.1478](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1478) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1477](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1477) · Pramāṇa